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Locomotion Assisting Device and Method

US 8,096,965 In force
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Term ends Nov 17, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Oct 13, 2008 as application 12/250,155 · Granted Jan 17, 2012
Base term plus 400 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2029
Clock starts
Oct 13, 2008
Term ends
Nov 17, 2029
Granted
Jan 17, 2012
base term patent term adjustment fee events 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
400
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
5
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This patent's term runs 400 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 13, 2008, when this application, 12/250,155, was filedOct 13, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+400 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 17, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 17, 2029High confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 12, 2011
Reel 27368, frame 199
Goffer, Amit; Zilberstein, ChayaArgo Medical Technologies Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 14, 2014
Reel 33531, frame 383
Argo Medical Technologies Ltd.Rewalk Robotics Ltd.Change of Name
Aug 14, 2014
Reel 33533, frame 1
Rewalk Robotics Ltd.Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) LimitedSecurity Interest
Jan 3, 2016
Reel 37395, frame 648
Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) LimitedRewalk Robotics Ltd.Release of Security Interest
Jan 3, 2016
Reel 37395, frame 657
Rewalk Robotics Ltd.Kreos Capital V (Expert Fund) L.P.Security Interest
Jan 10, 2017
Reel 41311, frame 64
Rewalk Robotics Ltd.Kreos Capital (Expert Fund) L.P.Security Interest
Feb 2, 2017
Reel 41590, frame 591
Rewalk Robotics Ltd.Kreos Capital V (Expert Fund) L.P.Security Interest
Jan 3, 2025
Reel 69742, frame 208
Rewalk Robotics Ltd.Lifeward Ltd.Change of Name

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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