Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 19, 2026 (Bank of America).
Term ends Nov 23, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 21, 2024
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Acclarent, Inc.
Filed Jul 1, 2009 as application 12/496,226 · Granted Jul 26, 2016
Base term plus 946 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2026
Clock starts
Apr 21, 2004
Apr 21, 2004
Term ends
Nov 23, 2026
Nov 23, 2026
Granted
Jul 26, 2016
Jul 26, 2016
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
946
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
78
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 946 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 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 Apr 21, 2004, when application 10/829,917, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 1, 2009); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 21, 2024 | 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 | +946 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 23, 2026 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 23, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,654,997 | Term ended Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| US 7,361,168 | Term ended no later than Aug 2025 | no later than Aug 2025 |
| Application 10/944,270 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,462,175 | Term ended Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| US 7,720,521 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 7,803,150 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| Application 11/193,020 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,410,480 | Term ended Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
8 of 78 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2009 Reel 23167, frame 260 | Goldfarb, Eric; Chang, John Y.; Facteau, William M.; Lam, Sivette; Ha, Hung V.; Kim, Isaac J.; Muni, Ketan P. | Acclarent, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 19, 2026 Reel 76710, frame 116 | Acclarent, Inc.; Acell, Inc.; Confluent Surgical, Inc.; Integra Lifesciences Braintree Inc.; Integra Lifesciences Corporation; Surgical Innovation Associates, Inc. | Bank Of America, As Administrative Agent | Grant of Patent Security Interest |
| Oct 20, 2026 Reel 76737, frame 399 | Acclarent, Inc.; Acell, Inc.; Confluent Surgical, Inc.; Integra Lifesciences Braintree Inc.; Integra Lifesciences Corporation; Surgical Innovation Associates, Inc. | Truist Bank, as Notes Collateral Agent | Grant of Patent Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 23, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 946 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
We have no citation count for this patent yet. That is not the same as never having been cited.
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