Term ends no later than Oct 10, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 10, 2028
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Filed Sep 12, 2014 as application 14/484,578 · Granted Aug 23, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Oct 10, 2008
Oct 10, 2008
Ends no later than
Oct 10, 2028
Oct 10, 2028
Granted
Aug 23, 2016
Aug 23, 2016
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
7
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. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Oct 10, 2008, when application 12/249,759, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 12, 2014) | Oct 10, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Oct 10, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,246,590 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 8,435,221 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 8,562,576 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| US 8,834,434 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 9,421,133 | this patent no later than Oct 2028 | no later than Oct 2028 |
| US 10,322,033 | In force no later than Sep 2029 | no later than Sep 2029 |
| Application 16/402,051 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2015 Reel 35625, frame 462 | Hu, Dean; Pinto, Moshe; Fong, Kenton; Mavani, Akshay; Wu, Kenneth | Spiracur Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 21, 2015 Reel 37355, frame 210 | Spiracur Inc. | KCI Licensing, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 21, 2016 Reel 40098, frame 268 | KCI USA, Inc.; Lifecell Corporation; KCI Licensing, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Security Agreement |
| Oct 7, 2016 Reel 40291, frame 237 | KCI USA, Inc.; Lifecell Corporation; KCI Licensing, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Limited Third Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Feb 8, 2017 Reel 41666, frame 320 | Wilmington Trust | KCI USA, Inc. | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 040098/0268 |
| Nov 7, 2019 Reel 50966, frame 547 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | KCI USA, Inc.; KCI Licensing, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 7, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | KCI USA, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 7, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | KCI Licensing, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Aug 28, 2023 Reel 64730, frame 636 | KCI Licensing, Inc. | 3M Innovative Properties Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 1, 2024 Reel 66445, frame 336 | 3M Innovative Properties Company | Solventum Intellectual Properties Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2028
Term ends no later than Oct 10, 2028. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Oct 10, 2028. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
98
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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.