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Robotic Arm for Patient Positioning Assembly

US 10,745,253 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 7, 2025 (TCW Asset Management Company LLC).

Term ended Jun 12, 2026 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 7,860,550), so the cap could be lower.

Held by Accuray LLC
Filed Mar 9, 2012 as application 13/417,003 · Granted Aug 18, 2020
Base term plus 1119 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Jun 12, 2026
2004 2026
Clock starts
Jun 30, 2004
Term ended
Jun 12, 2026
Granted
Aug 18, 2020
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,119
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 7,860,550, US 8,160,205.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
6
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 1119 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 30, 2004, when application 10/881,315, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 9, 2012)Jun 30, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1119 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 24, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,860,550, US 8,160,205)capped to Jun 12, 2026Medium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 12, 2026Medium confidence

This family

US 7,860,550Term ended
no later than Jun 2026
no later than Jun 2026
US 8,160,205In force
Aug 2028
Aug 2028
Application PCT/US2006/018017PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 8,457,279Term ended
Jun 2024
Jun 2024
US 10,745,253this patent
Jun 2026
Jun 2026
US 8,745,789Term ended
Sep 2024
Sep 2024
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
Jan 13, 2016
Reel 37513, frame 170
Accuray Incorporated; Tomotherapy IncorporatedCerberus Business Finance, LLC, as Collateral AgentAssignment for Security - Patents
Jun 15, 2017
Reel 42821, frame 580
Cerberus Business Finance, LLC. as Collateral AgentAccuray Incorporated; Tomotherapy IncorporatedRelease of Security Interest
Jun 15, 2017
Reel 42826, frame 358
Accuray Incorporated; Tomotherapy IncorporatedMidcap Funding IV Trust (as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Financial Trust)Security Interest
Jun 15, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Cerberus Business Finance, LLC. as Collateral AgentAccuray IncorporatedRelease of Security Interest
Jun 15, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Cerberus Business Finance, LLC. as Collateral AgentTomotherapy IncorporatedRelease of Security Interest
Dec 19, 2017
Reel 44910, frame 685
Accuray Incorporated; Tomotherapy IncorporatedMidcap Financial TrustSecurity Interest
Mar 1, 2019
Reel 48481, frame 804
Midcap Funding X Trust (as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Funding IV Trust, as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Financial Trust), as Existing Administrative AgentMidcap Funding IV Trust, as Successor to Existing Administrative AgentAssignment of Security Agreements
May 14, 2021
Reel 56247, frame 1
Accuray Incorporated; Tomotherapy IncorporatedSilicon Valley Bank, as Administrative and Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
May 20, 2021
Reel 56318, frame 559
Midcap Funding IV Trust (as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Funding X Trust, as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Funding IV Trust, as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Financial Trust)Accuray Incorporated; Tomotherapy IncorporatedRelease of Security Interest
May 20, 2021
Reel 56318, frame 751
Midcap Financial TrustAccuray Incorporated; Tomotherapy IncorporatedRelease of Security Interest
May 20, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Midcap Funding IV Trust (as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Funding X Trust, as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Funding IV Trust, as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Financial Trust)Accuray IncorporatedRelease of Security Interest
May 20, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Midcap Funding IV Trust (as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Funding X Trust, as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Funding IV Trust, as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Financial Trust)Tomotherapy IncorporatedRelease of Security Interest
May 20, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Midcap Financial TrustAccuray IncorporatedRelease of Security Interest
May 20, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Midcap Financial TrustTomotherapy IncorporatedRelease of Security Interest
Jun 6, 2025
Reel 71638, frame 34
First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanyAccuray IncorporatedRelease of Security Interest
Aug 13, 2025
Reel 72421, frame 584
Accuray IncorporatedAccuray LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 7, 2025
Reel 73575, frame 358
Accuray LLCTCW Asset Management Company LLC, as Collateral AgentGrant of a Security Interest - Patents

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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