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Irrigated Ablation Catheter Having Irrigation Ports with Reduced Hydraulic Resistance

US 9,913,685 In force
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Term ends Apr 28, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Dec 5, 2016 as application 15/369,792 · Granted Mar 13, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
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Clock starts
Apr 28, 2010
Term ends
Apr 28, 2030
Granted
Mar 13, 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 9,510,894, to Apr 28, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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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.
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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

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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.
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 28, 2010, when application 12/769,592, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 5, 2016)Apr 28, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,510,894)resolves to Apr 28, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 28, 2030High 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
Dec 7, 2016
Reel 40588, frame 284
Clark, Jeffrey L.; Tola, JeffryBiosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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