Term ended Jun 11, 2023 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 11, 2023
Filed Jun 11, 2003 as application 10/460,382 · Granted Oct 17, 2006
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Jun 11, 2023
2003
2026
Clock starts
Jun 11, 2003
Jun 11, 2003
Term ended
Jun 11, 2023
Jun 11, 2023
Granted
Oct 17, 2006
Oct 17, 2006
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 11, 2003, when this application, 10/460,382, was filed | Jun 11, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Jun 11, 2023 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,121,781 | this patent Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
| US 8,864,794 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2003 Reel 14179, frame 216 | Sanchez, Dan | Computer Motion | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 28, 2004 Reel 14567, frame 702 | Agility Capital LLC | Computer Motion, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Nov 18, 2004 Reel 15370, frame 799 | Computer Motion, Inc. | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 8, 2014 Reel 34428, frame 748 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Citations
276
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2006 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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