Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 10, 2021 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ended May 5, 2025 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 5, 2025
Held by Greatbatch Ltd.
Filed Feb 2, 2009 as application 12/364,391 · Granted Mar 16, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended May 5, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
May 5, 2005
May 5, 2005
Term ended
May 5, 2025
May 5, 2025
Granted
Mar 16, 2010
Mar 16, 2010
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.
3
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
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 May 5, 2005, when application 11/122,779, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 2, 2009) | May 5, 2025 | 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 | May 5, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,497,853 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 7,678,074 | this patent May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 8,048,026 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2011 Reel 26462, frame 776 | Fischer, Brian; Knippel, Bradley Charles | Enpath Medical, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 20, 2011 Reel 26480, frame 193 | Enpath Medical, Inc. | Greatbatch Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 1, 2011 Reel 26539, frame 217 | Greatbatch Ltd. | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Oct 27, 2015 Reel 36980, frame 482 | Greatbatch, Inc.; Greatbatch Ltd.; Electrochem Solutions, Inc.; Neuronexus Technologies, Inc.; Greatbatch-Globe Tool, Inc.; Precimed Inc.; Micro Power Electronics, Inc. | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company | Security 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 |
| Nov 22, 2021 Reel 58224, frame 204 | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company | Greatbatch Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2022 Reel 60938, frame 69 | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Greatbatch, Inc.; Greatbatch Ltd.; Electrochem Solutions, Inc.; Neuronexus Technologies, Inc.; Greatbatch-Globe Tool, Inc.; Precimed Inc.; Micro Power Electronics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Greatbatch, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Greatbatch Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Electrochem Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Neuronexus Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Greatbatch-Globe Tool, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Precimed Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Micro Power Electronics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 12, 2022 Reel 61659, frame 858 | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Greatbatch, Inc.; Greatbatch Ltd.; Electrochem Solutions, Inc.; Neuronexus Technologies, Inc.; Greatbatch-Globe Tool, Inc.; Precimed Inc.; Micro Power Electronics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 12, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Greatbatch, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 12, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Greatbatch Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 12, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Electrochem Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 12, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Neuronexus Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 12, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Greatbatch-Globe Tool, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 12, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Precimed Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 12, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Micro Power Electronics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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