Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 7, 2007 (Merrill Lynch Capital, a Division of Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services Inc.).
Term ended no later than May 28, 2022 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended May 28, 2022
Held by ConforMIS, Inc.
Filed Nov 25, 2003 as application 10/724,010 · Granted Nov 17, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Ended no later than May 28, 2022
2002
2026
Clock starts
May 28, 2002
May 28, 2002
Ended no later than
May 28, 2022
May 28, 2022
Granted
Nov 17, 2009
Nov 17, 2009
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: Medium. 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 May 28, 2002, when application 10/160,667, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 25, 2003) | May 28, 2022 | 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 | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than May 28, 2022 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 10/160,667 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,468,075 | Term ended May 2022 | May 2022 |
| Application 10/681,750 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,799,077 | Term ended no later than Oct 2025 | no later than Oct 2025 |
| US 8,932,363 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 7,618,451 | this patent no later than May 2022 | no later than May 2022 |
| Application PCT/US2003/038158 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,634,119 | In 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2004 Reel 14840, frame 932 | Berez, Aaron; Fitz, Wolfgang; Lang, Philipp; Steines, Daniel; Tsougarakis, Konstantinos; Vargas-voracek, Rene; Snyder, Cecily Anne | Imaging 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 Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 25, 2019 Reel 49588, frame 288 | ConforMIS, Inc.; Imatx, Inc.; ConforMIS Cares LLC | Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 26, 2019 Reel 49599, frame 84 | Oxford Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | ConforMIS, 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 Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 23, 2021 Reel 58234, frame 292 | ConforMIS, Inc.; Imatx, Inc.; ConforMIS Cares LLC | Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 6, 2023 Reel 64818, frame 713 | Midcap Financial Trust, as Agent for Lenders | ConforMIS, Inc.; Imatx, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 6, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Financial Trust, as Agent for Lenders | ConforMIS, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 6, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Financial Trust, as Agent for Lenders | Imatx, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than May 28, 2022. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
1,316
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.