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Methods, Devices, and Systems for Non-Mechanically Restricting And/Or Programming Movement of a Tool of a Manipulator Along a Single Axis

US 9,131,986 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Jun 28, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Oct 15, 2013 as application 14/054,664 · Granted Sep 15, 2015
Base term plus 73 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2028
Clock starts
Apr 16, 2008
Term ends
Jun 28, 2028
Granted
Sep 15, 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
73
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 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.
3
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 73 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Apr 16, 2008, when application PCT/IB2008/003323, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 15, 2013)Apr 16, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+73 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 28, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 28, 2028High confidence

This family

US 8,560,118In force (reinstated)
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US 9,131,986this patent
Jun 2028
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2 of 3 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 14, 2014
Reel 31959, frame 532
Fielding, Tim; Newhook, PerryThe Governors of the University of CalgaryAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 14, 2014
Reel 31959, frame 671
Greer, Alexander; Sutherland, GarnetteThe Governors of the University of CalgaryAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 14, 2014
Reel 31960, frame 192
The Governors of the University of CalgaryNeuroarm Surgical Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 14, 2022
Reel 59715, frame 394
Deerfield Imaging Holdings, Inc.; Deerfield Imaging, Inc.Trinity Capital Inc.Intellectual Property Security Agreement
May 3, 2022
Reel 59799, frame 757
Neuroarm Surgical LimitedDeerfield Imaging, S.À R.L.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 23, 2022
Reel 60170, frame 667
Deerfield Imaging, S.À R.L.Deerfield Imaging Holdings, Inc.Notarial Deed and Dissolution
Jun 28, 2022
Reel 60330, frame 638
Deerfield Imaging Holdings, Inc.Deerfield Imaging, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 29, 2023
Reel 66133, frame 544
Trinity Capital Inc.Deerfield Imaging, Inc.Notice of Termination of Security Interest at Reel/Frame No. 059715/0394
Jan 9, 2024
Reel 66062, frame 405
Deerfield Imaging, Inc.Alerus Financial, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Feb 14, 2025
Reel 70220, frame 111
Deerfield Imaging, Inc.Bell BankSecurity Interest
Feb 14, 2025
Reel 70221, frame 432
Deerfield Imaging, Inc.Farragut SBIC Fund II, LP; Farragut SBIC Fund III, LPSecurity Interest
Feb 14, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Deerfield Imaging, Inc.Farragut SBIC Fund II, LPSecurity Interest
Feb 14, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Deerfield Imaging, Inc.Farragut SBIC Fund III, LPSecurity Interest
Feb 24, 2025
Reel 70311, frame 68
Trinity Capital Inc.Deerfield Imaging, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 18, 2025
Reel 70546, frame 661
Deerfield Imaging, Inc.Imris Imaging, Inc.Change of Name
Mar 18, 2025
Reel 70551, frame 146
Alerus Financial, National AssociationDeerfield Imaging, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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