Term ended Jun 14, 2022 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 14, 2022
Held by Atricure, Inc.
Filed Mar 30, 2005 as application 11/096,205 · Granted Aug 12, 2008
Base term plus 328 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Term ended Jun 14, 2022
2002
2026
Clock starts
Jun 14, 2002
Jun 14, 2002
Term ended
Jun 14, 2022
Jun 14, 2022
Granted
Aug 12, 2008
Aug 12, 2008
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
328
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 6,893,442.
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.
44
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 328 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Jun 14, 2002, when application 10/172,296, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 30, 2005) | Jun 14, 2022 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +328 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 8, 2023 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 6,893,442) | capped to Jun 14, 2022 | 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 14, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 6,893,442 | Term ended Jun 2022 | Jun 2022 |
| US 6,849,075 | Term ended Feb 2023 | Feb 2023 |
| US 7,226,448 | Term ended Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
| US 7,063,698 | Term ended Jun 2022 | Jun 2022 |
| Application PCT/US2004/011251 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,399,300 | Term ended Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| US 7,410,487 | this patent Jun 2022 | Jun 2022 |
| US 7,819,867 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
8 of 44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2005 Reel 16436, frame 104 | Whayne, James G. | Ablatrics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 16, 2005 Reel 16914, frame 366 | Ablatrics, Inc. | Ncontact Surgical, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 12, 2010 Reel 23928, frame 240 | Ncontact Surgical, Inc. | Daugherty, Dennis | Security Agreement |
| Jun 4, 2010 Reel 24483, frame 767 | Ncontact Surgical, Inc. | Intersouth Partners Vi, L.p.; Harbert Venture Partners II, L.P.; Massey Burch Venture Fund II, L.P.; Tall Oaks Ablatrics Partners, LP; Finistere-Chicago Partners Fund I L.P.; Finistere-Oceania Partners Fund I L.P.; Hippo Ventures, L.l.c. | Security Agreement |
| Jun 4, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Ncontact Surgical, Inc. | Intersouth Partners Vi, L.p. | Security Agreement |
| Jun 4, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Ncontact Surgical, Inc. | Harbert Venture Partners II, L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Jun 4, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Ncontact Surgical, Inc. | Massey Burch Venture Fund II, L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Jun 4, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Ncontact Surgical, Inc. | Tall Oaks Ablatrics Partners, LP | Security Agreement |
| Jun 4, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Ncontact Surgical, Inc. | Finistere-Chicago Partners Fund I L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Jun 4, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Ncontact Surgical, Inc. | Finistere-Oceania Partners Fund I L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Jun 4, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Ncontact Surgical, Inc. | Hippo Ventures, L.l.c. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 20, 2010 Reel 24864, frame 206 | Ncontact Surgical, Inc. | Intersouth Partners Vi, L.p.; Harbert Venture Partners II, L.P.; Harbert Venture Partners (Annex Fund), LLC; Massey Burch Venture Fund II, L.P.; Tall Oaks Ablatrics Partners, LP; Finistere-Chicago Partners Fund I L.P.; Finistere-Oceania Partners Fund I L.P.; Hippo Ventures, L.l.c. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 20, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Ncontact Surgical, Inc. | Intersouth Partners Vi, L.p. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 20, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Ncontact Surgical, Inc. | Harbert Venture Partners II, L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 20, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Ncontact Surgical, Inc. | Harbert Venture Partners (Annex Fund), LLC | Security Agreement |
| Aug 20, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Ncontact Surgical, Inc. | Massey Burch Venture Fund II, L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 20, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Ncontact Surgical, Inc. | Tall Oaks Ablatrics Partners, LP | Security Agreement |
| Aug 20, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Ncontact Surgical, Inc. | Finistere-Chicago Partners Fund I L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 20, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Ncontact Surgical, Inc. | Finistere-Oceania Partners Fund I L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 20, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Ncontact Surgical, Inc. | Hippo Ventures, L.l.c. | Security Agreement |
| Feb 21, 2011 Reel 25836, frame 648 | Daugherty, Dennis | Ncontact Surgical, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 21, 2011 Reel 25837, frame 119 | Intersouth Partners Vi, L.p.; Massey Burch Venture Fund II, L.P.; Tall Oaks Ablatrics Partners, LP; Hippo Ventures, L.l.c.; Finistere-Chicago Partners Fund I, L.P.; Finistere-Oceania Partners Fund I, L.P.; Harbert Venture Partners II, L.P. | Ncontact Surgical, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 22, 2011 Reel 25841, frame 380 | Intersouth Partners Vi, L.p.; Harbert Venture Partners II, L.P.; Harbert Venture Partners (Annex Fund), LLC; Massey Burch Venture Fund II, L.P.; Tall Oaks Ablatrics Partners, LP; Hippo Ventures, L.l.c.; Finistere-Chicago Partners Fund I, L.P.; Finistere-Oceania Partners Fund I, L.P. | Ncontact Surgical, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 11, 2016 Reel 38062, frame 392 | Ncontact Surgical, LLC | Atricure, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 25, 2016 Reel 38520, frame 62 | Atricure, Inc.; Atricure, LLC; Endoscopic Technologies, LLC; Ncontact Surgical, LLC | Silicon Valley Bank | Second Amended and Restated Joint Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Dec 18, 2018 Reel 47951, frame 496 | Atricure, Inc.; Atricure, LLC; Endoscopic Technologies, LLC; Ncontact Surgical, LLC | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Jan 10, 2024 Reel 66256, frame 797 | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Atricure, Inc.; Atricure, LLC; Endoscopic Technologies, LLC; Ncontact Surgical, LLC; Sentreheart LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Atricure, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Atricure, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Endoscopic Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Ncontact Surgical, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Sentreheart LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
The 328 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 6,893,442.
Citations
85
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2008 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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