Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 3, 2026 (Trinity Capital Inc.).
Term ends Jul 6, 2032 · 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 May 27, 2024 as application 18/675,045 · Granted Apr 28, 2026
Base term plus 60 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
May 7, 2012
May 7, 2012
Term ends
Jul 6, 2032
Jul 6, 2032
Granted
Apr 28, 2026
Apr 28, 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
60
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 60 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 May 27, 2024); 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 | +60 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 6, 2032 | 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 | Jul 6, 2032 | 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 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 12,611,294 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 2026 Reel 73467, frame 628 | Krahbichler, Erik | Contego AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 14, 2026 Reel 73473, frame 809 | Swat Medical AB | Emboline, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 14, 2026 Reel 74369, frame 545 | 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
Jul 2032
Term ends Jul 6, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 60 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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