Term ends Nov 23, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 17, 2026
Held by Biosense Webster, Inc.
Filed Nov 17, 2006 as application 11/601,065 · Granted Mar 24, 2015
Base term plus 1467 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2030
Clock starts
Nov 17, 2006
Nov 17, 2006
Term ends
Nov 23, 2030
Nov 23, 2030
Granted
Mar 24, 2015
Mar 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
1,467
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,500,730, to Nov 23, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
5
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 1467 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Nov 17, 2006, when this application, 11/601,065, was filed | Nov 17, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1467 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 23, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,500,730) | resolves to Nov 23, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 23, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,986,298 | this patent Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 9,554,708 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| US 10,265,123 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 10,813,690 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| Application 17/080,534 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2007 Reel 19371, frame 309 | Lee, James K. | Biosense Webster, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2030
Term ends Nov 23, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1467 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,500,730, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
68
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.