Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 13, 2026 (Horizon Technology Finance Corporation).
Term ended Apr 27, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 27, 2026
Held by Bioness Medical, Inc.
Filed Jun 25, 2012 as application 13/532,603 · Granted Mar 3, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Apr 27, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Apr 27, 2006
Apr 27, 2006
Term ended
Apr 27, 2026
Apr 27, 2026
Granted
Mar 3, 2015
Mar 3, 2015
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,899,556, US 8,209,022, US 8,209,036, US 8,694,110, to Apr 27, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
18
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 27, 2006, when application 11/380,430, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 25, 2012) | Apr 27, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,899,556, US 8,209,022, US 8,209,036, US 8,694,110) | resolves to Apr 27, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 27, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,899,556 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 7,632,239 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,209,022 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 8,788,049 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 8,382,688 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 8,209,036 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 8,694,110 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 8,972,017 | this patent Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2013 Reel 30979, frame 1 | Dar, Amit | Bioness Neuromodulation Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 9, 2013 Reel 30978, frame 969 | Roger, Nathan | Bioness Neuromodulation Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 9, 2013 Reel 30978, frame 978 | Shalev, Yossef | Bioness Neuromodulation Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 9, 2013 Reel 30979, frame 17 | Dar, Amit; Bar-or, Jonathan | Bioness Neuromodulation Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 9, 2013 Reel 30995, frame 427 | Ness Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Systems Ltd. | Bioness Neuromodulation Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Aug 7, 2026 Reel 75571, frame 61 | Bioness Neuromodulation Ltd. | Bioness Medical, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 13, 2026 Reel 76218, frame 228 | Bioness Medical, Inc.; Bioness Neuromodulation Ltd. | Horizon Technology Finance Corporation | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,899,556, US 8,209,022, US 8,209,036, US 8,694,110, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
69
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
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