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US 8,491,492 expired-term Hill Rom Services Inc · Filed May 13, 2011 · Granted Jul 23, 2013

Term ends Jan 31, 2025

Base term, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expired Jan 2025
2005 2026
Clock starts
Jan 31, 2005
Granted
Jul 23, 2013
Term ends
Jan 31, 2025
base term fee events Computed Sep 1, 2026 · countdowns run from that date · how we know
0
Days of PTA
30
Applications in this family

This patent's term is the statutory base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisionalClock starts Jan 31, 2005Jan 31, 2025High
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidexpired-termHigh
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 31, 2025High

The computation, verbatim

base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2005-01-31+20y | =2025-01-31 | PTA+0d=2025-01-31 | PTE:none | TD:none | paid 4yr@2016-07-24,8yr@2020-07-23,12yr@2024-12-21 | status=expired-term@2025-01-31

This family

US 7,077,810expired-termJan 2025
US 7,314,451expired-termFeb 2026
US 8,376,954in-forceFeb 2030
Application 11/552,872abandonednot computed
Application 11/755,066abandonednot computed
US 8,403,865expired-termFeb 2026
US 8,517,953expired-termMay 2026
US 8,491,492this patentJan 2025

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
Sep 9, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Halperin, Avner; Meger, Guy; Shinar, ZvikaEarlysense Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 10, 2017
Reel 44345, frame 219
Earlysense Ltd.Kreos Capital V (EXPERT Fund) L.P.Security Interest
Jun 11, 2019
Reel 49425, frame 725
Kreos Capital V (EXPERT Fund) L.P.Earlysense Ltd.Release of Security Interest
Jul 23, 2019
Reel 49827, frame 878
Earlysense Ltd.Kreos Capital VI (EXPERT Fund) L.P.Security Interest
Feb 11, 2021
Reel 55238, frame 809
Kreos Capital VI (EXPERT Fund) LPEarlysense Ltd.Release of Security Interest
Feb 11, 2021
Reel 55238, frame 855
Earlysense Ltd.Welch Allyn, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 12, 2021
Reel 55248, frame 627
Welch Allyn, Inc.Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
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