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Robotically-Controlled Endoscopic Accessory Channel

US 8,992,422 Term ended
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Term ended Jul 3, 2026 · High confidence

Filed May 27, 2011 as application 13/118,194 · Granted Mar 31, 2015
Base term plus 102 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Jul 3, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Mar 23, 2006
Term ended
Jul 3, 2026
Granted
Mar 31, 2015
base term patent term adjustment 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
102
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.
14
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 102 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 23, 2006, when application 11/277,324, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 27, 2011)Mar 23, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+102 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 3, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 3, 2026High confidence

This family

Application 11/277,324Abandoned
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US 9,149,274In force
Jun 2027
Jun 2027
US 8,992,422this patent
Jul 2026
Jul 2026
US 9,301,759In force
Sep 2028
Sep 2028
Application PCT/US2012/039290PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 8,911,471Term ended
Mar 2026
Mar 2026
US 9,492,167In force
Apr 2028
Apr 2028
Application 14/300,837Abandoned
not computed
not computed
8 of 14 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
Aug 16, 2011
Reel 26755, frame 80
Spivey, James T.; Ortiz, Mark S.; Shelton, Frederick E., IVEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 6, 2015
Reel 37220, frame 212
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 27, 2017
Reel 41821, frame 186
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLCEthicon LLCChange of Name
Apr 27, 2021
Reel 56601, frame 339
Ethicon LLCCilag GmbH InternationalAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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