Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 10, 2021 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ends Mar 19, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 19, 2029
Held by Greatbatch Ltd.
Filed Mar 19, 2009 as application 12/407,402 · Granted Jun 5, 2012
Base term plus 618 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Mar 19, 2009
Mar 19, 2009
Term ends
Mar 19, 2029
Mar 19, 2029
Granted
Jun 5, 2012
Jun 5, 2012
base term
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
618
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,957,806.
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.
188
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 618 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Mar 19, 2009, when this application, 12/407,402, was filed | Mar 19, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +618 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 27, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,957,806) | capped to Mar 19, 2029 | 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 | Mar 19, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,844,319 | Term ended Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 6,888,715 | Term ended Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 |
| US 6,765,780 | Term ended Feb 2023 | Feb 2023 |
| US 6,765,779 | Term ended Feb 2023 | Feb 2023 |
| US 6,985,347 | Term ended Mar 2023 | Mar 2023 |
| US 6,999,818 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2018 | Feb 2018 |
| US 7,038,900 | Term ended Sep 2023 | Sep 2023 |
| US 6,987,660 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2018 | Jan 2018 |
8 of 188 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2009 Reel 22865, frame 400 | Stevenson, Robert A.; Truex, Buehl E.; Brendel, Richard L.; Frysz, Christine A.; Dabney, Warren S.; Hussein, Haytham; Adame, Jose Luis Lorente; Johnson, Robert Shawn; Brainard, Scott | Greatbatch Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 23, 2013 Reel 31290, frame 278 | Greatbatch Ltd.; Electrochem Solutions, Inc.; Neuronexus Technologies, Inc.; Micro Power Electronics, Inc. | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent for the Secured Parties) | Grant of Security Interest |
| 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 |
| Jan 6, 2022 Reel 58649, frame 728 | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Greatbatch, Ltd.; Electrochem Solutions, Inc.; Neuronexus Technologies, Inc.; Micro Power Electronics, Inc. | 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, 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) | 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) | 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 |
| 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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What's changing
Mar 2029
Term ends Mar 19, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 618 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,957,806.
Citations
165
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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