Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 31, 2022 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ended Feb 20, 2024 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 20, 2024
Held by Fujifilm Healthcare Corporation
Filed Feb 20, 2004 as application 10/783,642 · Granted Feb 10, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Feb 20, 2024
2004
2026
Clock starts
Feb 20, 2004
Feb 20, 2004
Term ended
Feb 20, 2024
Feb 20, 2024
Granted
Feb 10, 2009
Feb 10, 2009
base term
after the term ends
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.
3 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.
29
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 20, 2004, when this application, 10/783,642, was filed | Feb 20, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 20, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 6,494,694 | Term ended Apr 2021 | Apr 2021 |
| US 6,813,964 | Term ended May 2023 | May 2023 |
| US 7,896,572 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 8,065,161 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 9,123,077 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| Application 10/783,641 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,490,021 | this patent Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 |
| Application 10/783,649 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 29 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2004 Reel 14921, frame 536 | Abbott Laboratories | Hospira, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 9, 2005 Reel 16319, frame 332 | Holland, Geoffrey N.; Keely, Patrick B.; Pelletier, Jeff; Huang, John W.; McNeela, Martin A.; Moran, Charles P.; Fathallah, Marwan | Abbott Laboratories | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 9, 2017 Reel 41672, frame 1 | Hospira, Inc. | ICU Medical, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 4, 2021 Reel 58026, frame 559 | Hitachi, Ltd. | Fujifilm Healthcare Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 31, 2022 Reel 59618, frame 412 | ICU Medical, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
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Citations
326
later US patents cite this one
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