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Extension Tube Assembly and Related Medical Fluid Transfer Systems and Methods

US 12,290,643 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded May 13, 2025 (Calw S.A. LLC, as Purchaser Agent).

Term ends May 29, 2040 · High confidence

Filed May 5, 2023 as application 18/312,674 · Granted May 6, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2040
Clock starts
May 29, 2020
Term ends
May 29, 2040
Granted
May 6, 2025
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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.
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 29, 2020, when application 16/887,161, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 5, 2023)May 29, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 29, 2040High confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 5, 2023
Reel 63547, frame 809
Piferi, Peter G.Mri Interventions, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 5, 2023
Reel 63557, frame 633
Mri Interventions, Inc.Clearpoint Neuro, Inc.Change of Name
May 13, 2025
Reel 71276, frame 191
Clearpoint Neuro, Inc.Calw S.A. LLC, as Purchaser AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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