US 6,694,979 · Application 09/797,910 · Granted Feb 24, 2004
US 6,694,979
Methods and devices for use in performing pulmonary procedures
Estimated expiration
July 27, 2020
Expired 2254 days ago
- Could not fetch continuity data for application 09519735: Resource not found (404)
Earliest effective filing
Mar 4, 2000
+ 20 years
Mar 4, 2020
PTA +145d
Jul 27, 2020
No TD
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Final
Jul 27, 2020
This calculation includes patent term adjustment (PTA) under 35 U.S.C. §154(b). Patent term extension (PTE) under 35 U.S.C. §156 (for FDA-regulated products) is not included.
Calculation details
Base term
- Filing date
- March 2, 2001
- Earliest effective filing
- March 4, 2000
- Issue date
- February 24, 2004
- PTA
- +145 days
- Base expiry (before PTA)
- March 4, 2020
March 4, 2000 + 20 years = March 4, 2020 + 145 PTA days = July 27, 2020
- Continuation-in-part of application 09/519,735, filed Mar 4, 2000, issued as US 6,679,264
Terminal disclaimers
Patent term extension under 35 U.S.C. §156, which can apply to certain drug, biologic, animal drug and medical device patents, is not included in this calculation. How PTE is calculated
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