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Portable Ventilator Secretion Management System

US 9,833,584 In force
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Also listed on PFG IP LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Nov 20, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Mar 22, 2013 as application 13/849,443 · Granted Dec 5, 2017
Base term plus 243 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Mar 22, 2013
Term ends
Nov 20, 2033
Granted
Dec 5, 2017
base term patent term adjustment 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
243
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
2
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 243 days past its 20-year base term on 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 22, 2013, when this application, 13/849,443, was filedMar 22, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+243 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 20, 2033High 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 orderNov 20, 2033High 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
Mar 25, 2013
Reel 30080, frame 239
Ahmad, Samir S.; Welzien, Leonardo Alberto BaloaBreathe Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 31, 2014
Reel 33453, frame 74
Breathe Technologies, Inc.Triplepointcapital LLCSecurity Interest
Sep 17, 2014
Reel 33763, frame 523
Breathe Technologies, Inc.Triplepoint Capital LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 033453 Frame: 0074. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement.
Sep 22, 2014
Reel 33793, frame 508
Partners for Growth III, L.P.PFG IP LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 9, 2015
Reel 37071, frame 207
Triplepoint Capital LLCBreathe Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 29, 2016
Reel 41222, frame 174
Breathe Technologies, Inc.Solar Capital Ltd.Short-Form Patent Security Agreement
Mar 24, 2017
Reel 41735, frame 581
Breathe Technologies, Inc.Breathe Technologies, Inc.Merger
Mar 27, 2017
Reel 42097, frame 776
Breathe Technologies, Inc.Solar Capital Ltd.Short-Form Patent Security Agreement
Jan 8, 2018
Reel 45020, frame 420
Breathe Technologies, Inc.Solar Capital Ltd.Security Interest
Mar 1, 2018
Reel 45484, frame 302
Solar Capital Ltd.Breathe Technologies, Inc.Termination of Patent Security Agreement
Sep 9, 2019
Reel 50314, frame 707
Solar Capital Ltd.Breathe Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 14, 2021
Reel 58516, frame 1
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Breathe Technologies, Inc.; Hill-Rom Services, Inc.; Allen Medical Systems, Inc.; Welch Allyn, Inc.; Hill-Rom, Inc.; Voalte, Inc.; Bardy Diagnostics, Inc.; Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.Release of Security Interest (Dated October 11, 2019)
Dec 14, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Breathe Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest (Dated October 11, 2019)
Dec 14, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Hill-Rom Services, Inc.Release of Security Interest (Dated October 11, 2019)
Dec 14, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Allen Medical Systems, Inc.Release of Security Interest (Dated October 11, 2019)
Dec 14, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Welch Allyn, Inc.Release of Security Interest (Dated October 11, 2019)
Dec 14, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Hill-Rom, Inc.Release of Security Interest (Dated October 11, 2019)
Dec 14, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Voalte, Inc.Release of Security Interest (Dated October 11, 2019)
Dec 14, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Bardy Diagnostics, Inc.Release of Security Interest (Dated October 11, 2019)
Dec 14, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.Release of Security Interest (Dated October 11, 2019)

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

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