Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 30, 2026 (Fifth Third Bank, National Association).
Term ended Oct 29, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 7, 2025
Held by Medicomp, Inc.
Filed Sep 22, 2009 as application 12/564,271 · Granted Apr 23, 2013
Base term plus 601 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Oct 29, 2026
2005
2026
Clock starts
Mar 7, 2005
Mar 7, 2005
Term ended
Oct 29, 2026
Oct 29, 2026
Granted
Apr 23, 2013
Apr 23, 2013
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
601
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.
4
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 601 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Mar 7, 2005, when application 11/074,320, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 22, 2009) | Mar 7, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +601 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 29, 2026 | 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 | Oct 29, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,596,405 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 8,428,705 | this patent Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 9,131,867 | Term ended May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 9,456,762 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 2023 Reel 62278, frame 308 | Medicomp, Inc. | Truist Bank | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 30, 2025 Reel 72430, frame 464 | Medicomp, Inc.; Watermark Medical, Inc. | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Oct 3, 2025 Reel 72457, frame 824 | Truist Bank | Medicomp, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 26, 2026 Reel 75107, frame 147 | Kurzweil, Raymond C.; Gibson, Lucy; Albrecht, Paul; Grimshaw, Paul | Kurzweil Techologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 26, 2026 Reel 75107, frame 554 | Kurzweil Technologies, Inc. | United Therapeutics Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 26, 2026 Reel 75107, frame 782 | United Therapeutics Corporation | Medicomp, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 26, 2026 Reel 75108, frame 745 | Truist Bank | Medicomp, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 26, 2026 Reel 75108, frame 888 | Medicomp, Inc.; Watermark Medical, Inc. | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Jun 30, 2026 Reel 75142, frame 291 | Medicomp, Inc. | Fifth Third Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 601 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
44
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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