Also listed on Bionostics, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 4, 2010 (Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.).
Term ends May 23, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 26, 2026
Held by Ferraris Group, Inc.
Filed Oct 26, 2006 as application 11/588,160 · Granted Apr 21, 2009
Base term plus 209 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Oct 26, 2006
Oct 26, 2006
Term ends
May 23, 2027
May 23, 2027
Granted
Apr 21, 2009
Apr 21, 2009
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
209
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
2
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 209 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Oct 26, 2006, when this application, 11/588,160, was filed | Oct 26, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +209 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 23, 2027 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 23, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,521,244 | this patent May 2027 | May 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2007/082620 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 2006 Reel 18693, frame 44 | Rannikko, Minna A.; Connors, Donna; Rafferty, Donna | Bionostics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 23, 2008 Reel 21283, frame 1 | Bionostics Inc.; Bionostics Limited; Oxford Cryosystems Inc.; Ferraris Group, Inc.; Oxford Cryosystems Limited; Nav Bidco Limited | Fortress Credit Corp. | Security Agreement |
| Sep 23, 2008 Reel 21570, frame 158 | Ferraris Group, Inc. | Bionostics, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Sep 23, 2008 Reel 21570, frame 185 | Ferraris Group, Inc.; Bionostics, Inc. | Ferraris Group, Inc. | Merger |
| Aug 3, 2010 Reel 24776, frame 409 | Fortress Credit Corp., as Administrative Agent | Bionostics, Inc.; Oxford Cryosystems, Inc.; Bionostics Holdings Limited; Bionostics Limited; Oxford Cryosystems Limited | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 3, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Fortress Credit Corp., as Administrative Agent | Bionostics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 3, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Fortress Credit Corp., as Administrative Agent | Oxford Cryosystems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 3, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Fortress Credit Corp., as Administrative Agent | Bionostics Holdings Limited | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 3, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Fortress Credit Corp., as Administrative Agent | Bionostics Limited | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 3, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Fortress Credit Corp., as Administrative Agent | Oxford Cryosystems Limited | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2010 Reel 24785, frame 59 | Bionostics, Inc.; Bionostics Holdings, Ltd.; Bionostics Ltd.; Oxford Cryosystems, Ltd.; Oxford Cryosystems, Inc. | Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 26, 2013 Reel 30889, frame 976 | Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. | Bionostics, Inc.; Bionostics Holdings, Ltd.; Bionostics, Ltd.; Oxford Cryosystems, Ltd.; Oxford Cryosystems, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 26, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. | Bionostics, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 26, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. | Bionostics Holdings, Ltd. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 26, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. | Bionostics, Ltd. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 26, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. | Oxford Cryosystems, Ltd. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 26, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. | Oxford Cryosystems, Inc. | Security Agreement |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
May 2027
Term ends May 23, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 209 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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