Term ends Jan 27, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 27, 2032
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Curonix LLC
Filed Jul 30, 2012 as application 13/562,221 · Granted Dec 1, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Jan 27, 2012
Jan 27, 2012
Term ends
Jan 27, 2032
Jan 27, 2032
Granted
Dec 1, 2015
Dec 1, 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.
46
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: 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 Jan 27, 2012, when application PCT/US2012/023029, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 30, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jan 27, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High 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 | Jan 27, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2012/023029 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2012/032200 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,409,030 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 9,199,089 | this patent Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2012/048903 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,849,412 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2012/050633 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,242,103 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
8 of 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2012 Reel 28904, frame 870 | Perryman, Laura Tyler; Larson, Patrick; Andresen, Chad | Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 2, 2014 Reel 31873, frame 714 | Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | Micron Devices LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 9, 2014 Reel 33284, frame 565 | Micron Devices LLC | Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation | Security Interest |
| Nov 8, 2018 Reel 47448, frame 808 | Micron Devices LLC | Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 9, 2019 Reel 49132, frame 699 | Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation | Micron Devices LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 12, 2020 Reel 51488, frame 316 | Micron Devices LLC | Micron Medical LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 24, 2020 Reel 51610, frame 501 | Micron Medical LLC | Micron Devices LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 8, 2020 Reel 52382, frame 53 | Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | Correction by Declaration of Incorrect Patents Recorded at 051488/0316 |
| Apr 8, 2020 Reel 52398, frame 109 | Stimwave Technologies Inc. | Stimwave Technologies Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying and Receiving Party Data Previously Recorded at Reel: 051610 Frame: 0501. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Apr 6, 2023 Reel 63269, frame 506 | Stimwave Technologies Incorporated | SWT SPV LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 6, 2023 Reel 63283, frame 176 | SWT SPV LLC | Curonix LLC | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Jan 2032
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Citations
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