Term ends no later than Jul 23, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 18, 2026
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Inspiremd Ltd.
Filed Sep 21, 2011 as application 13/237,977 · Granted Sep 15, 2015
Base term plus 1009 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
Oct 18, 2006
Oct 18, 2006
Ends no later than
Jul 23, 2029
Jul 23, 2029
Granted
Sep 15, 2015
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
1,009
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
11
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 1009 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Oct 18, 2006, when application 11/582,354, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 21, 2011) | Oct 18, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1009 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 23, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Jul 23, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,043,323 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2019 | Oct 2019 |
| US 8,961,586 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 10,070,977 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| Application 12/445,968 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,132,261 | this patent no later than Jul 2029 | no later than Jul 2029 |
| US 10,058,440 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| Application 14/705,871 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,932,926 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2011 Reel 27003, frame 734 | Holzer, Asher; Bar, Eli; Paz, Ofir | Inspiremd Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 5, 2012 Reel 27993, frame 898 | Inspire M.D. Ltd. | Hug Funding LLC, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Apr 5, 2012 Reel 28253, frame 499 | Inspire M.D. Ltd. | Hug Funding LLC, as Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the City of the Receiving Party, Previously Recorded on Reel 027993 Frame 0898. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Grant of the Security Interest as Described in the Recorded Intellectual Property Security Agreement. |
| Apr 18, 2013 Reel 30240, frame 513 | Hug Funding LLC, as Agent | Inspire M.D. Ltd. | Release of Security 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 |
| Aug 17, 2023 Reel 64617, frame 14 | Bar, Eli; Holzer, Asher; Paz, Ofir | Inspire M.D Ltd. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Error in Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 027003 Frame: 0734. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2029
Term ends no later than Jul 23, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 1009 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Jul 23, 2029. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.