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Self-Orienting Syringe and Syringe Interface

US 12,447,271 In force
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Term ends Aug 2, 2036 · High confidence

Filed Aug 17, 2022 as application 17/820,381 · Granted Oct 21, 2025
Base term plus 644 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2036
Clock starts
Oct 28, 2014
Term ends
Aug 2, 2036
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
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
644
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 644 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 28, 2014, when application 14/526,294, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 17, 2022)Oct 28, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+644 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 2, 2036High 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 orderAug 2, 2036High confidence

This family

US 9,173,995In force
Oct 2034
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US 9,700,670In force
Oct 2034
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US 10,245,375In force
Dec 2034
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US 11,419,977In force
Sep 2036
Sep 2036
US 12,447,271this patent
Aug 2036
Aug 2036
Application 19/360,580Pending
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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
Aug 17, 2022
Reel 60833, frame 654
Tucker, Barry L.; Cowan, Kevin P; Uber, Arthur e, III; Rhinehart, Edward J; Spohn, Michael A.Bayer Healthcare LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 20, 2026
Reel 75266, frame 445
Bayer Medical Care, Inc.Bayer Healthcare LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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