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Method of Manufacturing a Catheter-Delivered Medical Device from a Tube

US 9,566,412 In force
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Term ends Jan 3, 2034 · High confidence

Filed May 18, 2016 as application 15/158,137 · Granted Feb 14, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Jan 3, 2014
Term ends
Jan 3, 2034
Granted
Feb 14, 2017
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
44
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 3, 2014, when application 14/147,491, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 18, 2016)Jan 3, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 3, 2034High confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 18, 2016
Reel 38637, frame 780
Ulm, Arthur John, IIILegacy Ventures LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 17, 2016
Reel 40653, frame 629
Delarosa, MauriceLegacy Ventures LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 7, 2025
Reel 70152, frame 649
Legacy Ventures LLCVesalio, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

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