Term ends Apr 12, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 8, 2026
Held by Teleflex Life Sciences LLC
Filed May 8, 2006 as application 11/430,511 · Granted Apr 2, 2013
Base term plus 1070 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
May 8, 2006
May 8, 2006
Term ends
Apr 12, 2029
Apr 12, 2029
Granted
Apr 2, 2013
Apr 2, 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
1,070
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.
16
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 1070 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 May 8, 2006, when this application, 11/430,511, was filed | May 8, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1070 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 12, 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 12, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,204,819 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 9,198,600 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| Application 11/431,093 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,409,103 | this patent Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| Application 12/147,413 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,597,193 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 9,339,207 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| Application 13/844,408 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2006 Reel 17977, frame 237 | Grunwald, Sorin; Hill, Bradley | Vasonova, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2018 Reel 44967, frame 328 | Vasonova, Inc. | Arrow International, Inc. | Merger |
| Oct 3, 2019 Reel 50619, frame 681 | Arrow International, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 10, 2020 Reel 53754, frame 731 | Arrow International, Inc. | Arrow International LLC | Conversion and Change of Name |
| Jan 31, 2022 Reel 58917, frame 270 | Arrow International LLC | Teleflex Life Sciences Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 16, 2024 Reel 66617, frame 582 | Teleflex Life Sciences Limited | Teleflex Life Sciences III LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 16, 2024 Reel 66621, frame 980 | Teleflex Life Sciences III LLC | Teleflex Life Sciences LLC | Merger |
| Jul 17, 2026 Reel 76000, frame 798 | Teleflex Life Sciences LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 24, 2026 Reel 76062, frame 811 | JPMorgan Chase Bank , N.A., as Administrative Agent | Arrow International LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel/Frame 50619/0681 |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2029
Term ends Apr 12, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1070 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
389
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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