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Embolic Protection Device And Method

US 12,402,997 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 3, 2026 (Trinity Capital Inc.).

Term ends Nov 14, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Aug 17, 2022 as application 17/820,427 · Granted Sep 2, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Nov 14, 2013
Term ends
Nov 14, 2033
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
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5
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 14, 2013, when application PCT/EP2013/073895, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 17, 2022)Nov 14, 2033High 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 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 14, 2033High confidence

This family

US 10,076,400In force
May 2035
May 2035
US 11,446,132In force
no later than Nov 2033
no later than Nov 2033
US 12,402,997this patent
Nov 2033
Nov 2033
Application 19/290,337Pending
not computed
not computed
4 of 5 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 13, 2024
Reel 67395, frame 100
Swat Medical ABEmboline, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 3, 2026
Reel 75021, frame 909
Emboline, Inc.Trinity Capital Inc.Intellectual Property Security Agreement

Sources

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