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Locomotion Assisting Device and Method

US 8,348,875 In force
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Term ends Oct 13, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Jan 16, 2012 as application 13/350,852 · Granted Jan 8, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2028
Clock starts
Oct 13, 2008
Term ends
Oct 13, 2028
Granted
Jan 8, 2013
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 13, 2008, when application 12/250,155, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 16, 2012)Oct 13, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderOct 13, 2028High 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
Jan 19, 2012
Reel 27557, frame 96
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

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