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MRI-Guided Catheters

US 8,825,133 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Sep 2, 2026 on the fee record · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Jan 24, 2013 as application 13/749,351 · Granted Sep 2, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Sep 2, 2026
2010 2030
Clock starts
Jun 16, 2010
No longer in force
Sep 2, 2026
Granted
Sep 2, 2014
Term would have run to
Jun 16, 2030
base term after the term ends fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,369,930, to Jun 16, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
5
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Jun 16, 2030: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: Medium. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 16, 2010, when application 12/816,803, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 24, 2013); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jun 16, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,369,930)resolves to Jun 16, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Sep 2, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 2, 2026Medium confidence

This family

US 8,369,930Lapsed on the fee record
Feb 2025
Feb 2025
US 8,886,288Grace period ended
Jun 2030
Jun 2030
US 8,825,133this patent
Sep 2026
Sep 2026
Application 13/984,437Abandoned
not computed
not computed
4 of 5 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
Jan 28, 2014
Reel 32060, frame 376
Jenkins, Kimble L.; Piferi, Peter; Vij, Kamal; Ghidoli, Daniele; Flores, Jesse; Karmarkar, Parag V.; Pandey, RajeshMri Interventions, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 26, 2014
Reel 32528, frame 536
Mri Interventions, Inc.Landmark Community BankSecurity Interest
Nov 17, 2015
Reel 37120, frame 574
Mri Interventions, Inc.Landmark Community BankCorrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrectly Listed Property U.S. Patent No. 8374667 Previously Recorded on Reel 032528 Frame 0536. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement.
Jan 12, 2022
Reel 58702, frame 976
Mri Interventions, Inc.Clearpoint Neuro, Inc.Change of Name
Mar 4, 2022
Reel 59177, frame 392
Landmark Community BankClearpoint Neuro, Inc. (Formerly Known as Mri Interventions, Inc. and Surgivision, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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