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Deflation and Removal of Implantable Medical Devices

US 9,987,470 In force
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Term ends Jul 23, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Jun 5, 2015 as application 14/732,552 · Granted Jun 5, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2030
Clock starts
Jul 23, 2010
Term ends
Jul 23, 2030
Granted
Jun 5, 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.
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.
4
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 23, 2010, when application PCT/US2010/043136, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 5, 2015)Jul 23, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderJul 23, 2030High confidence

This family

US 9,050,174In force
Jan 2032
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US 9,987,470this patent
Jul 2030
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Application 15/971,625Abandoned
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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 30, 2018
Reel 46380, frame 339
Reshape Medical, Inc.Nixon Susidiary Holdings LLCMerger
Mar 30, 2018
Reel 46380, frame 664
Nixon Susidiary Holdings LLCReshape Medical LLCChange of Name
Aug 23, 2019
Reel 50156, frame 236
Reshape Lifesciences Inc.Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 23, 2021
Reel 58980, frame 199
Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.; Apollo Endosurgery US, Inc. (F/K/A Lpath, Inc.)Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LPSecurity Interest
Apr 5, 2023
Reel 63264, frame 46
Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.; Apollo Endosurgery US, Inc.; Apollo Endosurgery International, LLC; Lpath Therapeutics, Inc.Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LPTermination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Dec 29, 2023
Reel 66132, frame 801
Apollo Endosurgery US, Inc.Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 29, 2023
Reel 66132, frame 914
Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 22, 2024
Reel 66660, frame 792
Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.Apollo Endosurgery US, Inc.Change of Name
Mar 5, 2024
Reel 66739, frame 804
Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Expunged Property 12406874 Previously Recorded at Reel: 066132 Frame: 0914. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment .

Sources

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