Term ends Apr 29, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 22, 2025
Held by Arxium Inc.
Filed Dec 22, 2005 as application 11/316,795 · Granted Oct 27, 2009
Base term plus 859 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2028
Clock starts
Dec 22, 2005
Dec 22, 2005
Term ends
Apr 29, 2028
Apr 29, 2028
Granted
Oct 27, 2009
Oct 27, 2009
base term
patent term adjustment
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
859
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
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 859 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Dec 22, 2005, when this application, 11/316,795, was filed | Dec 22, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +859 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 29, 2028 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 29, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,610,115 | this patent Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 7,783,383 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 8,267,129 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 7,931,859 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 8,571,708 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 7,930,066 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 9,043,019 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,182,744 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2006 Reel 17208, frame 189 | Rob, Ronald H.; Eliuk, Walter W.; Mlodzinski, Lance R. | Toric Automation (U.S.) Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 29, 2007 Reel 19351, frame 361 | Toric Automation (U.S.), Inc. | Intelligent Hospital Systems, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jun 1, 2007 Reel 19369, frame 361 | Intelligent Hospital Systems, Inc. | Intelligent Hospital Systems Ltd. | Asset Purchase Agreement |
| Apr 23, 2014 Reel 32739, frame 203 | Intelligent Hospital Systems Ltd. | Intelligent Hospital Systems Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 1, 2015 Reel 35313, frame 124 | Intelligent Hospital Systems, Inc. | Callidus Capital Corporation | Security Interest |
| Feb 5, 2016 Reel 37732, frame 133 | Intelligent Hospital Systems Inc. | Arxium Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jun 3, 2016 Reel 38874, frame 743 | Intelligent Hospital Systems Inc. | Arxium Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Address Previously Recorded on Reel 037732 Frame 0133. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Change of Name. |
| Dec 15, 2016 Reel 40993, frame 68 | Callidus Capital Corporation | Intelligent Hospital Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 26, 2017 Reel 41088, frame 432 | Arxium Inc. | Royal Bank of Canada | Security Interest |
| May 22, 2020 Reel 52741, frame 463 | Royal Bank of Canada | Arxium, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Apr 2028
Term ends Apr 29, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 859 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
251
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2009 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.