Term ends Nov 26, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 26, 2040
Filed Feb 23, 2022 as application 17/678,070 · Granted Jun 23, 2026
Base term plus 949 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Nov 26, 2020
Nov 26, 2020
Term ends
Nov 26, 2040
Nov 26, 2040
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Jun 23, 2026
base term
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
949
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,291,515.
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.
11
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 949 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Nov 26, 2020, when application PCT/IL2020/051226, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 23, 2022) | Nov 26, 2040 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +949 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 3, 2043 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,291,515) | capped to Nov 26, 2040 | 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 | Nov 26, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,213,362 | In force Nov 2040 | Nov 2040 |
| US 11,291,515 | In force Nov 2040 | Nov 2040 |
| US 12,102,290 | In force Jun 2041 | Jun 2041 |
| US 12,660,988 | this patent Nov 2040 | Nov 2040 |
| US 12,653,629 | In force Oct 2041 | Oct 2041 |
| Application 18/381,656 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 18/813,093 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/667,728 | Pending not computed | not computed |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2022 Reel 59140, frame 691 | Sharon, Simon; Boader, Idan; Kofman, Evgeny; Cohen, Eran; Morag, Eyal | Microbot Medical Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 2, 2022 Reel 59281, frame 136 | Shoham, Moshe | Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2040
Term ends Nov 26, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 949 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,291,515.
Citations
We have no citation count for this patent yet. That is not the same as never having been cited.
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.