Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 3, 2026 (Trinity Capital Inc.).
Term ends May 19, 2033 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends May 7, 2032
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Emboline, Inc.
Filed Aug 16, 2022 as application 17/820,131 · Granted Jan 27, 2026
Base term plus 377 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
May 7, 2012
May 7, 2012
Term ends
May 19, 2033
May 19, 2033
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
377
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 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it 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 377 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 1 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 May 7, 2012, when application PCT/EP2012/058384, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 16, 2022); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | May 7, 2032 | 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 | +377 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 19, 2033 | 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 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 19, 2033 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,023,101 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 10,433,946 | In force Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| US 11,992,398 | In force Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
| US 12,533,222 | this patent May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 12,611,294 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
5 of 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2024 Reel 67395, frame 100 | Swat Medical AB | Emboline, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 2, 2026 Reel 73356, frame 27 | Krahbichler, Erik | Contego AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 2, 2026 Reel 73356, frame 114 | Swat Medical AB | Emboline, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 2, 2026 Reel 74175, frame 212 | Contego AB | Swat Medical AB | Change of Name |
| Mar 3, 2026 Reel 75021, frame 909 | Emboline, Inc. | Trinity Capital Inc. | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2033
Term ends May 19, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 377 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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