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Method for Ablating Body Tissue

US 8,607,800 In force
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Term ends May 11, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Sep 28, 2012 as application 13/630,652 · Granted Dec 17, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2027
Clock starts
May 11, 2007
Term ends
May 11, 2027
Granted
Dec 17, 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.
13
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 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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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 11, 2007, when application 11/747,862, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 28, 2012)May 11, 2027High 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 orderMay 11, 2027High confidence

This family

US 7,950,397In force
May 2027
May 2027
Application 12/695,857Abandoned
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US 8,146,603In force
May 2027
May 2027
US 8,511,317Lapsed on the fee record
Aug 2025
Aug 2025
Application 13/446,552Abandoned
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US 8,607,800this patent
May 2027
May 2027
US 9,737,325Lapsed on the fee record
Aug 2025
Aug 2025
Application 15/349,887Abandoned
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8 of 13 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Apr 1, 2014
Reel 32572, frame 837
Thapliyal, Hira V.; Gallup, David A.; Arenson, James W.Vytronus, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 10, 2014
Reel 33713, frame 166
Vytronus, Inc.Hantel Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 10, 2014
Reel 33763, frame 46
Hantel Technologies, Inc.Vytronus, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying/Receiving Parties Transposed Previously Recorded at Reel: 033713 Frame: 0166. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Nov 27, 2019
Reel 51147, frame 163
Vytronus, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
Dec 27, 2019
Reel 51435, frame 1
Silicon Valley BankVytronus, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2020
Reel 52858, frame 532
Vytronus, Inc.Auris Health, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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