Also listed on Sequana Medical N.V., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 27, 2025 (Kreos Capital VII (UK) Limited).
Term ends May 21, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 21, 2038
Held by Dsrco B.V.
Filed Dec 15, 2023 as application 18/542,545 · Granted Dec 16, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
May 21, 2018
May 21, 2018
Term ends
May 21, 2038
May 21, 2038
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Dec 16, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,918,778, US 11,559,618, US 11,602,583, US 11,844,890, to May 21, 2038. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 May 21, 2018, when application 15/985,598, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 15, 2023) | May 21, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,918,778, US 11,559,618, US 11,602,583, US 11,844,890) | resolves to May 21, 2038, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | May 21, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,918,778 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 11,602,583 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 11,464,891 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 11,559,618 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
| Application 17/930,064 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US 12,623,011 | In force Sep 2040 | Sep 2040 |
| US 11,844,890 | In force May 2038 | May 2038 |
| US 12,496,384 | this patent May 2038 | May 2038 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2025 Reel 70308, frame 171 | Sequana Medical N.V. | Dsrco B.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 27, 2025 Reel 70356, frame 934 | Dsrco B.V. | Kreos Capital VII (UK) Limited | Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2025 Reel 70416, frame 943 | Testani, Jeffrey; McIntyre, Christopher; Crosbie, Ian; Goedje, Oliver | Sequana Medical N.V. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2038
Term ends May 21, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,918,778, US 11,559,618, US 11,602,583, US 11,844,890, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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