Term ends Nov 11, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 8, 2026
Held by Aesculap AG
Filed Feb 6, 2007 as application 11/671,911 · Granted May 20, 2014
Base term plus 979 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Mar 8, 2006
Mar 8, 2006
Term ends
Nov 11, 2028
Nov 11, 2028
Granted
May 20, 2014
May 20, 2014
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
979
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.
8
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 979 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 Mar 8, 2006, when application 11/371,988, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 6, 2007) | Mar 8, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +979 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 11, 2028 | 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 | Nov 11, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,803,156 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 7,862,565 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 8,696,662 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 8,728,072 | this patent Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| Application 12/062,516 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,339,323 | In force no later than May 2027 | no later than May 2027 |
| US 7,794,461 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 10,314,642 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 2007 Reel 18860, frame 355 | Eder, Joseph Charles; Nordell, Benjamin Theodore, II; Edelstein, Peter Seth; Nezhat, Camran | Aragon Surgical, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 30, 2008 Reel 20439, frame 814 | Kane, Mark | Aragon Surgical, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 11, 2011 Reel 27042, frame 958 | Aragon Surgical, Inc. | Aesculap AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2028
Term ends Nov 11, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 979 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2014 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.