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Robotically-Controlled Motorized Surgical End Effector System with Rotary Actuated Closure Systems Having Variable Actuation Speeds

US 8,602,288 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Dec 10, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Feb 9, 2012 as application 13/369,588 · Granted Dec 10, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Dec 10, 2025
2008 2028
Clock starts
Sep 23, 2008
No longer in force
Dec 10, 2025
Granted
Dec 10, 2013
Term would have run to
Sep 23, 2028
base term after the term ends 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.
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.
24
Family applications on record here
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Its term would have run to Sep 23, 2028: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 23, 2008, when application 12/235,972, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 9, 2012)Sep 23, 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 events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Dec 10, 2025High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 10, 2025High confidence

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Application PCT/US2012/039350PCT application
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Application PCT/US2014/011627PCT application
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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
Apr 25, 2012
Reel 28103, frame 487
Shelton, Frederick E., IV; Knight, Gary W.Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 5, 2015
Reel 37219, frame 81
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc.Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 28, 2017
Reel 41825, frame 651
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLCEthicon LLCChange of Name
Apr 27, 2021
Reel 56601, frame 339
Ethicon LLCCilag GmbH InternationalAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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