Lapsed Aug 28, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 22, 2028
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Valtech Cardio, Ltd.
Filed Sep 21, 2009 as application 12/563,952 · Granted Aug 28, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 305 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 28, 2024
2008
2029
Clock starts
Dec 22, 2008
Dec 22, 2008
No longer in force
Aug 28, 2024
Aug 28, 2024
Granted
Aug 28, 2012
Aug 28, 2012
Term would have run to
Oct 23, 2029
Oct 23, 2029
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
fee events
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
305
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
29
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Oct 23, 2029: its 20-year base term plus 305 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Dec 22, 2008, when application 12/341,960, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 21, 2009) | Dec 22, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +305 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 23, 2029 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 28, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 28, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,241,351 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 8,147,542 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 8,715,342 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 8,808,368 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 8,252,050 | this patent Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 8,500,800 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| US 8,545,553 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 8,911,494 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
8 of 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 2009 Reel 23611, frame 638 | Maisano, Francesco; Miller, Eran; Cabiri, Oz; Herman, Yaron; Weitzman, Yoseph; Gross, Yossi; Sheps, Tal | Valtech Cardio, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Note
The 305 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
459
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% 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.