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Optimized Drug-Eluting Stent Assembly

US 9,132,003 In force
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Term ends Nov 21, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Jun 25, 2014 as application 14/314,777 · Granted Sep 15, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2027
Clock starts
Nov 21, 2007
Term ends
Nov 21, 2027
Granted
Sep 15, 2015
base term 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.
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.
10
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 21, 2007, when application PCT/IL2007/001442, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 25, 2014)Nov 21, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderNov 21, 2027High confidence

This family

Application 12/513,851Abandoned
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US 10,070,976In force
Nov 2027
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US 9,132,003this patent
Nov 2027
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US 9,782,281In force
Nov 2027
Nov 2027
US 9,526,644In force
no later than Nov 2027
no later than Nov 2027
US 11,051,959Term ended
May 2026
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US 10,406,006In force
no later than Nov 2028
no later than Nov 2028
US 10,406,008In force
Nov 2027
Nov 2027
8 of 10 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
Jun 25, 2014
Reel 33178, frame 625
Bar, Eli; Holzer, Asher; Paz, OfirInspiremd, Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's 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

Sources

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

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