Lapsed Aug 2, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 6, 2032
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Endochoice, Inc.
Filed Mar 6, 2012 as application 13/413,059 · Granted Aug 2, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 495 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 2, 2024
2012
2033
Clock starts
Mar 6, 2012
Mar 6, 2012
No longer in force
Aug 2, 2024
Aug 2, 2024
Granted
Aug 2, 2016
Aug 2, 2016
Term would have run to
Jul 14, 2033
Jul 14, 2033
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
495
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
100
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jul 14, 2033: its 20-year base term plus 495 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Mar 6, 2012, when this application, 13/413,059, was filed | Mar 6, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +495 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 14, 2033 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 2, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 2, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,554,692 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2021 | Jan 2021 |
| US 9,101,268 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
| US 9,492,063 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 9,101,287 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 8,926,502 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2023 | Jan 2023 |
| US 9,402,533 | this patent Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| Application 13/412,974 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,872,609 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
8 of 100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2012 Reel 27813, frame 323 | Kirma, Yaniv; Levi, Moshe; Krivopisk, Leonid; Levy, Avi | Peer Medical Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 28, 2013 Reel 30742, frame 854 | Peer Medical Ltd. | Endochoice Innovation Center Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Aug 1, 2019 Reel 49934, frame 742 | Endochoice Innovation Center Ltd. | Endochoice, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Note
The 495 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
150
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.
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