Term ends Nov 17, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended May 24, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Inspiremd Ltd.
Filed May 1, 2007 as application 11/797,168 · Granted Feb 24, 2015
Base term plus 177 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
May 24, 2006
May 24, 2006
Term ends
Nov 17, 2026
Nov 17, 2026
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
Feb 24, 2015
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
177
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
11
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 177 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 24, 2006, when application PCT/IB2006/051874, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 1, 2007); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | May 24, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +177 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 17, 2026 | 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 | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 17, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,043,323 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2019 | Oct 2019 |
| US 8,961,586 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 10,070,977 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| Application 12/445,968 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,132,261 | In force no later than Jul 2029 | no later than Jul 2029 |
| US 10,058,440 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| Application 14/705,871 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,932,926 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
8 of 11 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2007 Reel 19502, frame 879 | Holzer, Asher; Bar, Eli; Paz, Ofir | Inspiremd Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 5, 2012 Reel 27993, frame 898 | Inspire M.D. Ltd. | Hug Funding LLC, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Apr 5, 2012 Reel 28253, frame 499 | Inspire M.D. Ltd. | Hug Funding LLC, as Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the City of the Receiving Party, Previously Recorded on Reel 027993 Frame 0898. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Grant of the Security Interest as Described in the Recorded Intellectual Property Security Agreement. |
| Apr 18, 2013 Reel 30240, frame 513 | Hug Funding LLC, as Agent | Inspire M.D. Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 14, 2016 Reel 38993, frame 533 | Inspire M.D Ltd. | Hercules Capital, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jun 8, 2017 Reel 42654, frame 234 | Hercules Capital, Inc. | Inspiremd, Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 17, 2023 Reel 64617, frame 78 | Bar, Eli; Holzer, Asher; Paz, Ofir | Inspire M.D Ltd. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Error in Assignee Name Previously Recorded on Reel 019502 Frame 0879. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 17, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 177 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
53
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2015 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.