Also listed on Bioness Neuromodulation Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 13, 2026 (Horizon Technology Finance Corporation).
Term ends May 5, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 16, 2026
Held by Bioness Medical, Inc.
Filed Jun 25, 2008 as application 12/096,077 · Granted Jun 26, 2012
Base term plus 946 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
Nov 16, 2006
Nov 16, 2006
Term ends
May 5, 2029
May 5, 2029
Granted
Jun 26, 2012
Jun 26, 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
946
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 7,899,556.
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.
18
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 946 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 16, 2006, when application PCT/IL2006/001326, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 25, 2008) | Nov 16, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +946 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 19, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,899,556) | capped to May 5, 2029 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 5, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,899,556 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 7,632,239 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,209,022 | this patent May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 8,788,049 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 8,382,688 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 8,209,036 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 8,694,110 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 8,972,017 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2008 Reel 21383, frame 63 | Ness Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Systems, Ltd. | Bioness Neuromodulation Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Jan 15, 2009 Reel 22110, frame 987 | Dar, Amit; Bar-or, Jonathan | Bioness Neuromodulation Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 15, 2009 Reel 22111, frame 1 | Lasko, Eyal | Bioness Neuromodulation Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 15, 2009 Reel 22111, frame 14 | Dar, Amit; Lasko, Eyal | Bioness Neuromodulation Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 15, 2009 Reel 22111, frame 25 | Nathan, Roger | Bioness Neuromodulation Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 15, 2009 Reel 22111, frame 36 | Shalev, Yossef | Bioness Neuromodulation Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 15, 2009 Reel 22111, frame 43 | Dar, Amit | Bioness Neuromodulation Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 7, 2026 Reel 75571, frame 61 | Bioness Neuromodulation Ltd. | Bioness Medical, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 13, 2026 Reel 76218, frame 228 | Bioness Medical, Inc.; Bioness Neuromodulation Ltd. | Horizon Technology Finance Corporation | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2029
Term ends May 5, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 946 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 7,899,556.
Citations
54
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.