Also listed on Ite, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Sep 19, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 19, 2031
Held by Cilag GmbH International
Filed Jul 7, 2016 as application 15/204,083 · Granted Aug 15, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Sep 19, 2011
Sep 19, 2011
Term ends
Sep 19, 2031
Sep 19, 2031
Granted
Aug 15, 2017
Aug 15, 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.
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 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 19, 2011, when application 13/235,660, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 7, 2016) | Sep 19, 2031 | 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 | Sep 19, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,402,682 | In force Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
| US 9,730,753 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 2017 Reel 41887, frame 788 | 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. | Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 6, 2017 Reel 41888, frame 203 | Montgomery, Kevin M. | Ite, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 6, 2017 Reel 41888, frame 371 | Ite, LLC | Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 14, 2017 Reel 45604, frame 713 | 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
Sep 2031
Term ends Sep 19, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
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