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 Jan 12, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 26, 2026
Held by Bioness Medical, Inc.
Filed Dec 4, 2009 as application 12/631,095 · Granted Feb 26, 2013
Base term plus 78 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Oct 26, 2006
Oct 26, 2006
Term ends
Jan 12, 2027
Jan 12, 2027
Granted
Feb 26, 2013
Feb 26, 2013
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
78
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.
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 78 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
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 Oct 26, 2006, when application 11/552,997, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 4, 2009) | Oct 26, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +78 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 12, 2027 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 12, 2027 | 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 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 8,788,049 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 8,382,688 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2010 Reel 24175, frame 208 | Dar, Amit; Bar-or, Jonathan | N.E.S.S. Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Systems Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 1, 2010 Reel 24175, frame 288 | N.E.S.S. Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Systems Ltd. | Bioness Neuromodulation Ltd. | Change of Name |
| 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
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
Jan 2027
Term ends Jan 12, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 78 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
50
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 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.