Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 9, 2009 (Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.).
Term ends May 6, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 8, 2028
Held by Transmedics, Inc.
Filed Apr 8, 2008 as application 12/099,687 · Granted Aug 25, 2020
Base term plus 758 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
Apr 8, 2008
Apr 8, 2008
Term ends
May 6, 2030
May 6, 2030
Granted
Aug 25, 2020
Aug 25, 2020
base term
patent term adjustment
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
758
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
9
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 758 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. 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 Apr 8, 2008, when this application, 12/099,687, was filed | Apr 8, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +758 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 6, 2030 | 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 | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 6, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,462,802 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 8,420,380 | In force no later than Apr 2031 | no later than Apr 2031 |
| US 10,750,738 | this patent May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 9,247,728 | In force no later than Sep 2031 | no later than Sep 2031 |
| US 9,814,230 | In force no later than Jan 2031 | no later than Jan 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2009/032619 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,516,875 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 12,317,888 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
8 of 9 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 13, 2009 Reel 22253, frame 377 | Fishman, Robert; Havener, Robert; Fattah, Ihab Abdel; Abdelazim, Anas; Newell, Scott; Bishop, Thomas H.; Khayal, Tamer; Kyi, Stanley; Taylor, Ron; Harriott, Doug; De Remer, Matthew; Murray, Paul; Sullivan, John; Anderson, Mark; Bringham, Richard; Van Driel, Michael; Hassanein, Waleed H. | Transmedics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 9, 2009 Reel 22367, frame 662 | Transmedics, Inc. | Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Apr 8, 2011 Reel 26101, frame 20 | Transmedics, Inc. | Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. | Patent Grant of Security Interest |
| Jun 22, 2018 Reel 46176, frame 714 | Hercules Capital, Inc. (F/K/A Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.) | Transmedics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 22, 2018 Reel 46179, frame 223 | Transmedics, Inc. | Orbimed Royalty Opportunities II, LP | Security Interest |
| Jul 25, 2022 Reel 60610, frame 23 | Orbimed Royalty Opportunities II, LP | Transmedics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2030
Term ends May 6, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 758 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
93
later US patents cite this one
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