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US 8,280,126 In force
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Also listed on Synarc Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Nov 27, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Mar 12, 2009 as application 12/083,800 · Granted Oct 2, 2012
Base term plus 815 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2028
Clock starts
Sep 4, 2006
Term ends
Nov 27, 2028
Granted
Oct 2, 2012
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
815
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 815 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 4, 2006, when application PCT/EP2006/008606, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 12, 2009)Sep 4, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+815 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 27, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 27, 2028High confidence

This family

US 8,280,126this patent
Nov 2028
Nov 2028
1 of 2 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Feb 24, 2009
Reel 22299, frame 325
Nordic Bioscience A/SNordic Bioscience Imaging A/SAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 12, 2009
Reel 22382, frame 131
Dam, Erik B.; Folkesson, Jenny; Petterson, Paola; Olsen, Ole F.; Nielsen, Mads; Christiansen, ClausNordic Bioscience A/SAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 3, 2011
Reel 26693, frame 479
Nordic Bioscience Imaging A/S, A.K.A. Synarc Imaging Technologies A/SSynarc Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 28, 2011
Reel 27282, frame 959
Synarc Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Agreement
Apr 5, 2013
Reel 30157, frame 547
Synarc Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative AgentNotice of Security Interest in Patents
Apr 8, 2013
Reel 30173, frame 902
Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative AgentSynarc Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in U.S. Patents (REEL 027282, Frame 0959)
Apr 28, 2014
Reel 32776, frame 402
Bank Of America, N.a.Synarc Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in United States Patents (Releases Reel 030157 Frame 0547)
Apr 28, 2014
Reel 32776, frame 798
Synarc Inc.Credit Suisse AG, as First Lien Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement (First Lien)
Apr 28, 2014
Reel 32777, frame 66
Synarc Inc.Credit Suisse AG, as Second Lien Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement (Second Lien)
Sep 18, 2015
Reel 36596, frame 889
Bioclinica, Inc.; Synarc Inc.The Bank of New York Mellon, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Oct 21, 2016
Reel 40085, frame 965
Bank of New York MellonBioclinica, Inc.; Synarc Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 21, 2016
Reel 40458, frame 800
Bioclinica, Inc.; Synarc Inc.Jefferies Finance LLCFirst Lien Security Agreement
Oct 21, 2016
Reel 40458, frame 810
Bioclinica, Inc.; Synarc Inc.Jefferies Finance LLCPatent Security Agreement
Oct 21, 2016
Reel 40458, frame 849
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands BranchBioclinica, Inc.; Synarc, Inc.Release of Second Lien Security
Oct 21, 2016
Reel 40458, frame 915
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands BranchBioclinica, Inc.; Synarc, Inc.Release of First Lien Security
Oct 21, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Bank of New York MellonBioclinica, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 21, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Bank of New York MellonSynarc Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 21, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands BranchBioclinica, Inc.Release of Second Lien Security
Oct 21, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands BranchSynarc, Inc.Release of Second Lien Security
Oct 21, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands BranchBioclinica, Inc.Release of First Lien Security
Oct 21, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands BranchSynarc, Inc.Release of First Lien Security
Feb 28, 2019
Reel 48468, frame 743
Synarc Inc.Bioclinica, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 27, 2021
Reel 56064, frame 341
Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral AgentBioclinica, Inc.First Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents
Apr 27, 2021
Reel 56064, frame 563
Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral AgentBioclinica, Inc.Second Lien Release of Security Interest in Patents
Mar 21, 2023
Reel 63123, frame 66
Bioclinica, Inc.Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentFirst Lien Security Agreement
Mar 22, 2023
Reel 63141, frame 589
Bioclinica, Inc.Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentSecond Lien Security Agreement
Jan 17, 2025
Reel 69939, frame 325
Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentBioclinica, Inc.Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 063123/0066
Jan 17, 2025
Reel 69939, frame 414
Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral AgentBioclinica, Inc.Release of Security Interest at Reel/Frame 063141/0589
Jan 17, 2025
Reel 69939, frame 472
Bioclinica, Inc.; Eresearchtechnology, Inc.Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
Mar 24, 2026
Reel 75224, frame 52
Alter Domus (US) LLCEresearchtechnology, Inc.; Bioclinica, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Recorded at Reel 069939 and Frame 0472
Mar 24, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Alter Domus (US) LLCEresearchtechnology, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Recorded at Reel 069939 and Frame 0472
Mar 24, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Alter Domus (US) LLCBioclinica, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Recorded at Reel 069939 and Frame 0472

Sources

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