Term ends Nov 30, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 19, 2031
Held by Cilag GmbH International
Filed Sep 19, 2011 as application 13/235,660 · Granted Aug 2, 2016
Base term plus 803 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2033
Clock starts
Sep 19, 2011
Sep 19, 2011
Term ends
Nov 30, 2033
Nov 30, 2033
Granted
Aug 2, 2016
Aug 2, 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
803
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.
5
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 803 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 19, 2011, when this application, 13/235,660, was filed | Sep 19, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +803 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 30, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 30, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,402,682 | this patent Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
| US 9,730,753 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 10,660,696 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 11,406,443 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 12,478,423 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 2011 Reel 27273, frame 557 | Worrell, Barry C.; Norvell, David K.; Scheib, Charles J.; Shelton, Frederick e, IV; Strobl, Geoffrey S.; Swayze, Jeffrey S.; Trees, Gregory A.; Zerkle, Jason E.; Montgomery, Kevin M. | Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 5, 2015 Reel 37219, frame 749 | Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc. | Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2017 Reel 42941, frame 565 | Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC | Ethicon LLC | Change of Name |
| Apr 27, 2021 Reel 56601, frame 339 | Ethicon LLC | Cilag GmbH International | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Nov 2033
Term ends Nov 30, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 803 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1,242
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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