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US 7,468,075 Term ended
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 7, 2007 (Merrill Lynch Capital, a Division of Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services Inc.).

Term ended May 28, 2022 · High confidence

Filed Nov 27, 2002 as application 10/305,652 · Granted Dec 23, 2008
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended May 28, 2022
2002 2026
Clock starts
May 28, 2002
Term ended
May 28, 2022
Granted
Dec 23, 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
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.
178
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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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 28, 2002, when application 10/160,667, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 27, 2002)May 28, 2022High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 28, 2022High confidence

This family

Application 10/160,667Abandoned
not computed
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US 7,468,075this patent
May 2022
May 2022
Application 10/681,750Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 7,799,077Term ended
no later than Oct 2025
no later than Oct 2025
US 8,932,363Term ended
May 2026
May 2026
US 7,618,451Term ended
no later than May 2022
no later than May 2022
Application PCT/US2003/038158PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 7,634,119In force
Jan 2028
Jan 2028
8 of 178 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Feb 11, 2004
Reel 14331, frame 434
Lang, Philipp; Steines, Daniel; Timsari, Bijan; Tsougarakis, Konstantinos; Berez, AaronImaging Therapeutics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 23, 2004
Reel 14893, frame 647
Imaging Therapeutics, Inc.ConforMIS, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 3, 2006
Reel 18482, frame 476
ConforMIS, Inc.ConforMIS, Inc.Change of Address of Assignee
Jan 24, 2007
Reel 18794, frame 834
ConforMIS, Inc.ConforMIS, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the State in the Change of Address of the Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 018482 Frame 0476. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Correct Address of the Assignee Is in the State of California (NOT in the State of Massachusetts).
Aug 7, 2007
Reel 19660, frame 881
Confirmis, Inc.Merrill Lynch Capital, a Division of Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services Inc.Security Agreement
Aug 20, 2009
Reel 23133, frame 872
ConforMIS, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc.Security Agreement
Aug 25, 2009
Reel 23147, frame 541
GE Business Financial Services Inc. (Formerly Known as Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services Inc.)ConforMIS, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Feb 23, 2011
Reel 25833, frame 753
ConforMIS, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc.Security Agreement
Feb 23, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
ConforMIS, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.Security Agreement
Feb 23, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
ConforMIS, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc.Security Agreement
Jul 31, 2014
Reel 33453, frame 153
Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc.ConforMIS, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Aug 1, 2014
Reel 33460, frame 396
Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc. & Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.ConforMIS, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 20, 2016
Reel 40424, frame 437
Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.ConforMIS, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrect Serial Number 13/013466 Previously Recorded at Reel: 033460 Frame: 0396. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest.
Jul 31, 2018
Reel 46676, frame 152
ConforMIS, Inc.Oxford Finance LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 25, 2019
Reel 49588, frame 288
ConforMIS, Inc.; Imatx, Inc.; ConforMIS Cares LLCInnovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 26, 2019
Reel 49599, frame 84
Oxford Finance LLC, as Collateral AgentConforMIS, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 12, 2019
Reel 50352, frame 372
Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.ConforMIS, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 12, 2019
Reel 51897, frame 504
Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc.ConforMIS, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 22, 2021
Reel 58219, frame 346
ConforMIS, Inc.; Imatx, Inc.Midcap Financial Trust, As AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 23, 2021
Reel 58234, frame 292
ConforMIS, Inc.; Imatx, Inc.; ConforMIS Cares LLCInnovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LPRelease of Security Interest
Sep 6, 2023
Reel 64818, frame 713
Midcap Financial Trust, as Agent for LendersConforMIS, Inc.; Imatx, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 6, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Midcap Financial Trust, as Agent for LendersConforMIS, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 6, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Midcap Financial Trust, as Agent for LendersImatx, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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