Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 19, 2026 (Bank of America).
Term ends Sep 14, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 8, 2038
Held by Acclarent, Inc.
Filed Jan 21, 2022 as application 17/580,729 · Granted Oct 22, 2024
Base term plus 463 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2039
Clock starts
Jun 8, 2018
Jun 8, 2018
Term ends
Sep 14, 2039
Sep 14, 2039
Granted
Oct 22, 2024
Oct 22, 2024
base term
patent term adjustment
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
463
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 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
9
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 463 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 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 Jun 8, 2018, when application 16/003,178, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 21, 2022) | Jun 8, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +463 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 14, 2039 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 14, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,360,757 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 10,016,938 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 11,260,208 | In force Nov 2039 | Nov 2039 |
| US 11,141,910 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| US 11,786,711 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
| US 12,121,686 | this patent Sep 2039 | Sep 2039 |
| US 12,151,073 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| Application 18/922,321 | Pending not computed | not computed |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2024 Reel 68035, frame 719 | Palushi, Jetmir; Hamlekhan, Azhang; Thinnes, John H., JR | Acclarent, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 19, 2026 Reel 76710, frame 116 | Acclarent, Inc.; Acell, Inc.; Confluent Surgical, Inc.; Integra Lifesciences Braintree Inc.; Integra Lifesciences Corporation; Surgical Innovation Associates, Inc. | Bank Of America, As Administrative Agent | Grant of Patent Security Interest |
| Oct 20, 2026 Reel 76737, frame 399 | Acclarent, Inc.; Acell, Inc.; Confluent Surgical, Inc.; Integra Lifesciences Braintree Inc.; Integra Lifesciences Corporation; Surgical Innovation Associates, Inc. | Truist Bank, as Notes Collateral Agent | Grant of Patent Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2039
Term ends Sep 14, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 463 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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