Term ends Apr 2, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 28, 2030
Held by Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
Filed Apr 29, 2010 as application 12/770,582 · Granted Apr 17, 2018
Base term plus 1435 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2034
Clock starts
Apr 28, 2010
Apr 28, 2010
Term ends
Apr 2, 2034
Apr 2, 2034
Granted
Apr 17, 2018
Apr 17, 2018
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
1,435
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 9,943,362, to Apr 2, 2034. 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.
7
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 1435 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 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 Apr 28, 2010, when application 12/769,592, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 29, 2010) | Apr 28, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1435 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 2, 2034 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,943,362) | resolves to Apr 2, 2034, 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 | Apr 2, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,943,362 | In force Jun 2034 | Jun 2034 |
| US 9,943,363 | this patent Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
| US 9,510,894 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 9,913,685 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 10,881,457 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 10,925,667 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 12,076,078 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2010 Reel 24375, frame 833 | Clark, Jeffrey L.; Brichard, Christopher J. | Biosense Webster, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 26, 2010 Reel 25195, frame 161 | Clark, Jeffrey L.; Birchard, Christopher J. | Biosense Webster, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Spelling of Inventor Name Christopher Brichard to Christopher Birchard Previously Recorded on Reel 024375 Frame 0833. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Sep 28, 2020 Reel 53903, frame 116 | Biosense Webster, Inc. | Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2034
Term ends Apr 2, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1435 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 9,943,362, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
84
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2018 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.