Lapsed Oct 20, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 9, 2022
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Aug 9, 2002 as application 10/214,712 · Granted Oct 20, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1005 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Oct 20, 2021
2002
2026
Clock starts
Aug 9, 2002
Aug 9, 2002
No longer in force
Oct 20, 2021
Oct 20, 2021
Granted
Oct 20, 2009
Oct 20, 2009
Term would have run to
May 10, 2025
May 10, 2025
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,005
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
19
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to May 10, 2025: its 20-year base term plus 1005 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Aug 9, 2002, when this application, 10/214,712, was filed | Aug 9, 2022 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1005 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 10, 2025 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Oct 20, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 20, 2021 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,422,579 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2020 | Sep 2020 |
| US 7,374,560 | Term ended Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 7,604,612 | this patent Oct 2021 | Oct 2021 |
| Application 10/301,779 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,763,012 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2004/027405 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,654,978 | Term ended May 2021 | May 2021 |
| US 8,221,348 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2024 | Jul 2024 |
8 of 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2002 Reel 13185, frame 182 | Ressemann, Thomas V.; Hackett, Ssteven S.; Dusbabek, Andrew J.; Wahr, Dennis W. | Velocimed, L.l.c. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 25, 2003 Reel 14427, frame 181 | Velocimed LLC | Velocimed, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 20, 2006 Reel 17205, frame 651 | Velocimed, Inc. | ST. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc. | Merger/Change of Name |
Sources
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Note
The 1005 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
382
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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