Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 10, 2021 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ends Mar 5, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 16, 2033
Held by Greatbatch Ltd.
Filed Feb 12, 2018 as application 15/894,239 · Granted Dec 10, 2019
Base term plus 48 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Jan 16, 2013
Jan 16, 2013
Term ends
Mar 5, 2033
Mar 5, 2033
Granted
Dec 10, 2019
Dec 10, 2019
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
48
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
6
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 48 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Jan 16, 2013, when application 13/743,254, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 12, 2018) | Jan 16, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +48 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 5, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 5, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,653,384 | Surrendered on reissue Oct 2019 | Oct 2019 |
| US 9,492,659 | In force Apr 2034 | Apr 2034 |
| US 9,889,306 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US RE47,624 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 10,500,402 | this patent Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 10,881,867 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2018 Reel 44899, frame 769 | Stevenson, Robert A.; Tang, Xiaohong; Thiebolt, William C.; Frysz, Christine A.; Seitz, Keith W.; Brendel, Richard L.; Marzano, Thomas; Wood, Jason; Frustaci, Dominick J.; Winn, Steven W. | Greatbatch Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 10, 2021 Reel 57468, frame 56 | Greatbatch Ltd.; Electrochem Solutions, Inc.; Lake Region Medical, Inc.; Lake Region Manufacturing, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Mar 2033
Term ends Mar 5, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 48 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.