Also listed on Blueshift Technologies, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 2, 2022 (Goldman Sachs Bank USA).
Term ends Mar 18, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 27, 2027
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Brooks Automation US, LLC
Filed Apr 21, 2008 as application 12/106,975 · Granted Feb 10, 2015
Base term plus 385 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Feb 27, 2007
Feb 27, 2007
Term ends
Mar 18, 2028
Mar 18, 2028
Granted
Feb 10, 2015
Feb 10, 2015
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
385
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.
72
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 385 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Feb 27, 2007, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Apr 21, 2008); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 27, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +385 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 18, 2028 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 18, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 60/518,823 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 60/607,649 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,458,763 | Term ended Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| US 7,422,406 | Term ended Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2004/037672 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 10/985,730 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 10/985,844 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 10/985,846 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 72 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2009 Reel 22252, frame 480 | Van Der Meulen, Peter | Blueshift Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 16, 2012 Reel 29134, frame 283 | Blueshift Technologies, Inc. | Brooks Automation, Inc. | Bill of Sale |
| May 31, 2016 Reel 38891, frame 765 | Brooks Automation, Inc.; Biostorage Technologies | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Oct 6, 2017 Reel 44142, frame 258 | Brooks Automation, Inc.; Biostorage Technologies, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Dec 9, 2021 Reel 58481, frame 740 | Brooks Automation,inc | Brooks Automation Holding, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 9, 2021 Reel 58482, frame 1 | Brooks Automation Holding, LLC | Brooks Automation US, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 2, 2022 Reel 58945, frame 748 | Brooks Automation US, LLC | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Feb 2, 2022 Reel 58950, frame 146 | Brooks Automation US, LLC | Barclays Bank PLC | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 4, 2025 Reel 73446, frame 80 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Azenta, Inc. (F/K/A Brooks Automation, Inc.); Azenta USA, Inc. (F/K/A Biostorage Technologies, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 038891/0765 |
| Nov 4, 2025 Reel 73514, frame 609 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Azenta, Inc. (F/K/A Brooks Automation, Inc.); Azenta US, Inc. (F/K/A Brooks Life Sciences, Inc., F/K/A Biostorage Technologies, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 044142/0258 |
| Nov 4, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Azenta, Inc. (F/K/A Brooks Automation, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 038891/0765 |
| Nov 4, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Azenta USA, Inc. (F/K/A Biostorage Technologies, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 038891/0765 |
| Nov 4, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Azenta, Inc. (F/K/A Brooks Automation, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 044142/0258 |
| Nov 4, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Azenta US, Inc. (F/K/A Brooks Life Sciences, Inc., F/K/A Biostorage Technologies, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 044142/0258 |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2028
Term ends Mar 18, 2028.
Note
The 385 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
30
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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