Also listed on 3DINTEGRATED APS, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 27, 2037 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 13, 2036
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Cilag GmbH International
Filed May 26, 2021 as application 17/330,949 · Granted Jan 27, 2026
Base term plus 409 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2037
Clock starts
Jun 13, 2016
Jun 13, 2016
Term ends
Jul 27, 2037
Jul 27, 2037
Granted
Jan 27, 2026
Jan 27, 2026
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
409
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.
3
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 409 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 13, 2016, when application PCT/DK2016/050180, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 26, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 13, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +409 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 27, 2037 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 27, 2037 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,039,734 | In force Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| US 12,533,008 | this patent Jul 2037 | Jul 2037 |
2 of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2022 Reel 60274, frame 505 | Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | 3DINTEGRATED APS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2022 Reel 60274, frame 645 | Ethicon LLC | 3DINTEGRATED APS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2022 Reel 60274, frame 758 | Cilag GmbH International | 3DINTEGRATED APS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 1, 2022 Reel 61607, frame 631 | 3DINTEGRATED APS | Cilag GmbH International | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2037
Term ends Jul 27, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 409 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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