Term ends Nov 12, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 10, 2028
Held by Novadaq Technologies ULC
Filed Jun 29, 2015 as application 14/753,997 · Granted Sep 12, 2017
Base term plus 125 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jul 10, 2008
Jul 10, 2008
Term ends
Nov 12, 2028
Nov 12, 2028
Granted
Sep 12, 2017
Sep 12, 2017
base term
patent term adjustment
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
125
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,066,686, to Nov 12, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
4
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 125 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 2 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 Jul 10, 2008, when application PCT/IB2008/052787, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 29, 2015) | Jul 10, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +125 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 12, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,066,686) | resolves to Nov 12, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 12, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,066,686 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 9,757,039 | this patent Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 10,617,303 | In force Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
3 of 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 2016 Reel 40275, frame 707 | Lasser, Theo; Van De Ville, Dimitri; Martin-williams, Erica; Leutenegger, Marcel; Maerki, Iwan; Friedrich, Michael; Villiger, Martin | Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 8, 2017 Reel 43786, frame 344 | Midcap Funding IV Trust (as Successor Agent to Midcap Financial Trust) | Novadaq Technologies Inc.; Novadaq Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 8, 2017 Reel 43788, frame 799 | Midcap Financial Trust | Novadaq Technologies Inc.; Novadaq Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 8, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust (as Successor Agent to Midcap Financial Trust) | Novadaq Technologies Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 8, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust (as Successor Agent to Midcap Financial Trust) | Novadaq Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 8, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Financial Trust | Novadaq Technologies Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 8, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Financial Trust | Novadaq Corp. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 19, 2017 Reel 44910, frame 507 | Novadaq Technologies Inc.; Stryker Canada Operations ULC | Novadaq Technologies ULC | Merger and Change of Name |
| May 3, 2021 Reel 56425, frame 530 | Novadaq Technologies Inc. | Novadaq Technologies ULC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Erroneously Filed Against Application No. 15/570,072 Previously Recorded at Reel: 044910 Frame: 0507. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger and Change of Name. |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2028
Term ends Nov 12, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 125 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,066,686, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2017 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. 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.