Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 21, 2026 (Bank of Montreal).
Term ends Mar 30, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 27, 2029
Held by Surmodics MD, LLC
Filed Aug 3, 2016 as application 15/227,458 · Granted Feb 20, 2018
Base term plus 3 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Mar 27, 2009
Mar 27, 2009
Term ends
Mar 30, 2029
Mar 30, 2029
Granted
Feb 20, 2018
Feb 20, 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
3
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 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.
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 runs 3 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Mar 27, 2009, when application 12/383,751, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 3, 2016) | Mar 27, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +3 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 30, 2029 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 30, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 61/072,234 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,951,545 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 9,669,192 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 9,895,516 | this patent Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 11,020,513 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 2018 Reel 44536, frame 871 | Arps, James Howard; Bach, Andrew G. | 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
Mar 2029
Term ends Mar 30, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 3 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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