Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 21, 2026 (Bank of Montreal).
Term ends May 11, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 11, 2032
Held by Surmodics MD, LLC
Filed Jan 29, 2015 as application 14/609,270 · Granted Jan 9, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
May 11, 2012
May 11, 2012
Term ends
May 11, 2032
May 11, 2032
Granted
Jan 9, 2018
Jan 9, 2018
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,213,528, US 10,213,529, US 9,757,497, to May 11, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
10
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 May 11, 2012, when application 13/469,844, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 29, 2015) | May 11, 2032 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,213,528, US 10,213,529, US 9,757,497) | resolves to May 11, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | May 11, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,757,497 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2012/038158 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,213,529 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 9,861,727 | this patent May 2032 | May 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2016/015644 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,213,528 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 10,617,793 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 11,529,440 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2015 Reel 35107, frame 462 | Slager, Joram; Heyer, Toni M.; Babcock, David | Surmodics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 23, 2024 Reel 68762, frame 423 | Surmodics, Inc.; Surmodics Shared Services, LLC; Surmodics Holdings, LLC; Surmodics Coatings, LLC; Surmodics MD, LLC; Surmodics Coatings MFG, LLC; Surmodics Ivd, Inc.; Surmodics MD Operations, LLC; Normedix, Inc. | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Security Interest |
| Nov 24, 2025 Reel 73690, frame 186 | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Surmodics, Inc.; Surmodics Shared Services, LLC; Surmodics Holdings, LLC; Surmodics Coatings, LLC; Surmodics MD, LLC; Surmodics Coatings MFG, LLC; Surmodics Ivd, Inc.; Surmodics MD Operations, LLC; Normedix, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 24, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Surmodics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 24, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Surmodics Shared Services, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 24, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Surmodics Holdings, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 24, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Surmodics Coatings, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 24, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Surmodics MD, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 24, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Surmodics Coatings MFG, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 24, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Surmodics Ivd, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 24, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Surmodics MD Operations, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 24, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Normedix, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 8, 2025 Reel 73894, frame 58 | Surmodics, Inc. | Surmodics MD, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 21, 2026 Reel 74461, frame 199 | Surmodics MD, LLC | Bank Of Montreal, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
May 2032
Term ends May 11, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,213,528, US 10,213,529, US 9,757,497, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
37
later US patents cite this one
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