Term ends Feb 5, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 5, 2035
Held by Zylox Tonbridge Medical Limited
Filed Mar 16, 2016 as application 15/072,272 · Granted Mar 14, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Feb 5, 2015
Feb 5, 2015
Term ends
Feb 5, 2035
Feb 5, 2035
Granted
Mar 14, 2017
Mar 14, 2017
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.
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.
17
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. 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 Feb 5, 2015, when application PCT/US2015/014613, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 16, 2016) | Feb 5, 2035 | 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 | 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 | Feb 5, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,345,510 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 10,363,062 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| Application PCT/US2013/032196 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2013/032494 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2015/014613 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,335,173 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 10,548,478 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| US 9,592,075 | this patent Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
8 of 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2016 Reel 39169, frame 704 | Simpson, John B.; Patel, Himanshu N.; Fernandez, Anthony J.; Newhauser, Richard R. | Avinger, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 30, 2025 Reel 71135, frame 568 | Lumivascular, Inc. | Zylox Tonbridge Medical Limited | Security Interest |
| Oct 10, 2025 Reel 72541, frame 422 | Avinger, Inc. | Avinger (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 10, 2025 Reel 72835, frame 297 | Avinger (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLC | Lumivascular, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 21, 2025 Reel 73068, frame 297 | Lumivascular, Inc. | Zylox Tonbridge Medical Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2035
Term ends Feb 5, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
60
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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