Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 3, 2026 (Trinity Capital Inc.).
Term ends Feb 20, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 7, 2032
Held by Swat Medical AB
Filed Sep 4, 2019 as application 16/560,194 · Granted May 28, 2024
Base term plus 1019 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2035
Clock starts
May 7, 2012
May 7, 2012
Term ends
Feb 20, 2035
Feb 20, 2035
Granted
May 28, 2024
May 28, 2024
base term
patent term adjustment
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,019
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
6
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 1019 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 7, 2012, when application PCT/EP2012/058384, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 4, 2019) | May 7, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1019 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 20, 2035 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 20, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,023,101 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 10,433,946 | In force Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| US 11,992,398 | this patent Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
| US 12,533,222 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 12,611,294 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
5 of 6 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2024 Reel 67395, frame 100 | Swat Medical AB | Emboline, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 5, 2025 Reel 73132, frame 502 | Krahbichler, Erik | Contego AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 5, 2025 Reel 73902, frame 260 | Contego AB | Swat Medical AB | Change of Name |
| Mar 3, 2026 Reel 75021, frame 909 | Emboline, Inc. | Trinity Capital Inc. | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
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What's changing
Feb 2035
Term ends Feb 20, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1019 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
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