Term ends Dec 4, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 12, 2031
Filed Oct 3, 2013 as application 13/821,476 · Granted May 10, 2016
Base term plus 83 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Sep 12, 2011
Sep 12, 2011
Term ends
Dec 4, 2031
Dec 4, 2031
Granted
May 10, 2016
May 10, 2016
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
83
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.
6
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 83 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 12, 2011, when application PCT/EP2011/065744, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 3, 2013) | Sep 12, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +83 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 4, 2031 | 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 | Dec 4, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,333,075 | this patent Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 10,201,418 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 10,869,760 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| Application 16/950,292 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application 19/024,564 | Pending not computed | not computed |
5 of 6 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, 2013 Reel 31339, frame 57 | Biadillah, Youssef; Delaloye, Stephane; Lombardi, Fabien; Hefti, Jean-luc | Symetis S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 11, 2019 Reel 51898, frame 401 | Boston Scientific Group PLC | Boston Scientific Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 11, 2019 Reel 51898, frame 487 | Symetis S.A. | Boston Scientific Group PLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 15, 2023 Reel 65580, frame 83 | Boston Scientific Limited | Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2031
Term ends Dec 4, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 83 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
172
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2016 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.