Patent Extension Granted for U.S. Patent No. 9,724,499

FR: Patent and Trademark Office

Published March 5th, 2026

Detected March 14th, 2026

Summary

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued a notice granting an interim extension for U.S. Patent No. 9,724,499, related to the V-WAVE® Ventura® Interatrial Shunt System. This notice provides details on the patent and the extension granted.

View original document View source feed page

What changed

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), under the Department of Commerce, has published a notice announcing the grant of an interim extension for U.S. Patent No. 9,724,499. This patent pertains to the V-WAVE® Ventura® Interatrial Shunt System. The notice, published on March 5, 2026, with docket number PTO-P-2026-0067, serves as an official record of this patent term adjustment.

This action is primarily informational for entities involved with the patent, such as drug manufacturers or medical device makers, who may benefit from the extended patent protection. No immediate compliance actions are required from regulated entities based on this notice, as it pertains to the USPTO's administrative process for patent extensions. The document does not specify any penalties or deadlines for external parties.

Source document (simplified)

Legal Status This site displays a prototype of a “Web 2.0” version of the daily
Federal Register. It is not an official legal edition of the Federal
Register, and does not replace the official print version or the official
electronic version on GPO’s govinfo.gov.

The documents posted on this site are XML renditions of published Federal
Register documents. Each document posted on the site includes a link to the
corresponding official PDF file on govinfo.gov. This prototype edition of the
daily Federal Register on FederalRegister.gov will remain an unofficial
informational resource until the Administrative Committee of the Federal
Register (ACFR) issues a regulation granting it official legal status.
For complete information about, and access to, our official publications
and services, go to About the Federal Register on NARA's archives.gov.

The OFR/GPO partnership is committed to presenting accurate and reliable
regulatory information on FederalRegister.gov with the objective of
establishing the XML-based Federal Register as an ACFR-sanctioned
publication in the future. While every effort has been made to ensure that
the material on FederalRegister.gov is accurately displayed, consistent with
the official SGML-based PDF version on govinfo.gov, those relying on it for
legal research should verify their results against an official edition of
the Federal Register. Until the ACFR grants it official status, the XML
rendition of the daily Federal Register on FederalRegister.gov does not
provide legal notice to the public or judicial notice to the courts.

Legal Status

Notice

Grant of Interim Extension of the Term of U.S. Patent No. 9,724,499; V-WAVE® Ventura® Interatrial Shunt System

A Notice by the Patent and Trademark Office on 03/05/2026

Document Details Published Content - Document Details Agencies Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office Agency/Docket Number Docket No.: PTO-P-2026-0067 Document Citation 91 FR 10797 Document Number 2026-04345 Document Type Notice Pages 10797-10798
(2 pages) Publication Date 03/05/2026 Published Content - Document Details
PDF Official Content
- View printed version (PDF) Official Content
Document Details Published Content - Document Details Agencies Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office Agency/Docket Number Docket No.: PTO-P-2026-0067 Document Citation 91 FR 10797 Document Number 2026-04345 Document Type Notice Pages 10797-10798
(2 pages) Publication Date 03/05/2026 Published Content - Document Details
Table of Contents Enhanced Content - Table of Contents This table of contents is a navigational tool, processed from the
headings within the legal text of Federal Register documents.
This repetition of headings to form internal navigation links
has no substantive legal effect.
- AGENCY:
- ACTION:
- SUMMARY:
- FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
- SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Enhanced Content - Table of Contents
Public Comments Enhanced Content - Public Comments Comments are no longer being accepted.
See DATES for details.

Enhanced Content - Public Comments
- Regulations.gov Data Enhanced Content - Regulations.gov Data

FederalRegister.gov retrieves relevant information about this document
from Regulations.gov to provide users with additional context. This
information is not part of the official Federal Register document.

Grant of Interim Extension of the Term of U.S. Patent No. 9,724,499; V-WAVE® Ventura® Interatrial Shunt System

Docket ID PTO-P-2026-0067 Supporting Documents No supporting documents available Enhanced Content - Regulations.gov Data

- Sharing Enhanced Content - Sharing Shorter Document URL https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-04345 Email Email this document to a friend Enhanced Content - Sharing

Print Enhanced Content - Print
- Print this document Enhanced Content - Print
Document Statistics Enhanced Content - Document Statistics Document page views are updated periodically throughout the day and are cumulative counts for this document. Counts are subject to sampling, reprocessing and revision (up or down) throughout the day.

Page views 54
as of
03/14/2026 at 2:15 pm EDT Enhanced Content - Document Statistics
- Other Formats Enhanced Content - Other Formats This document is also available in the following formats:

JSON Normalized attributes and metadata XML Original full text XML MODS Government Publishing Office metadata More information and documentation can be found in our developer tools pages.

Enhanced Content - Other Formats
- Public Inspection Public Inspection This PDF is FR Doc. 2026-04345 as it appeared on Public Inspection on
03/04/2026 at 8:45 am.

It was viewed
7
times while on Public Inspection.

If you are using public inspection listings for legal research, you
should verify the contents of the documents against a final, official
edition of the Federal Register. Only official editions of the
Federal Register provide legal notice of publication to the public and judicial notice
to the courts under 44 U.S.C. 1503 & 1507. Learn more here.

Public Inspection
Published Document: 2026-04345 (91 FR 10797) This document has been published in the Federal Register. Use the PDF linked in the document sidebar for the official electronic format.

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain
the following:

the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document
the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to
the agency docket number / agency internal file number
the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details.

Department of Commerce

Patent and Trademark Office

[Docket No.: PTO-P-2026-0067]

AGENCY:

United States Patent and Trademark Office; Department of Commerce.

ACTION:

Notice of interim patent term extension.

SUMMARY:

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued an order granting a one-year interim extension of the term of U.S. Patent No. 9,724,499 ('499 patent).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Raul Tamayo, Senior Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration, at 571-272-7728 or raul.tamayo@uspto.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

35 U.S.C. 156 generally provides that the term of a patent may be extended for a period of up to five years, if the patent claims a product, or a method of making or using a product, that has been subject to certain defined regulatory review. 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) generally provides that the term of such a patent may be extended for no more than five interim periods of up to one year each, if the approval phase of the regulatory review period (RRP) is reasonably expected to extend beyond the expiration date of the patent.

On December 10, 2025, V-Wave Ltd., the owner of record of the '499 patent, timely filed an application under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) for a first interim extension of the term of the '499 patent. The '499 patent claims the medical device known by the tradename V-WAVE® Ventura® Interatrial Shunt System. The application indicates that a RRP as described in 35 U.S.C. 156(g)(3)(B)(ii) for the V-WAVE® Ventura® Interatrial Shunt System medical device is ongoing before the Food and Drug Administration for permission to market and use the device commercially.

Review of the application indicates that, except for permission to market or use the device commercially, the '499 ( printed page 10798) patent would be eligible for an extension of its term under 35 U.S.C. 156. Because it appears reasonable to expect that the RRP will continue beyond the original expiration date of the '499 patent, i.e., March 11, 2026, interim extension of the patent's term under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) is appropriate.

A first interim extension under 35 U.S.C. 156(d)(5) of the term of U.S. Patent No. 9,724,499 is granted for a period of one year from the original expiration date of the patent.

Charles Kim,

Deputy Commissioner for Patents, United States Patent and Trademark Office.

[FR Doc. 2026-04345 Filed 3-4-26; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510-16-P

Published Document: 2026-04345 (91 FR 10797)