Also listed on Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Sep 18, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 8, 2024
Held by Elitechgroup Inc.
Filed Jul 8, 2004 as application 10/888,828 · Granted Mar 30, 2010
Base term plus 1167 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2027
Clock starts
Jul 8, 2004
Jul 8, 2004
Term ends
Sep 18, 2027
Sep 18, 2027
Granted
Mar 30, 2010
Mar 30, 2010
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
1,167
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.
10
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 1167 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 Jul 8, 2004, when this application, 10/888,828, was filed | Jul 8, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1167 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 18, 2027 | 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 | Sep 18, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,687,239 | this patent Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 7,341,841 | Term ended Jul 2024 | Jul 2024 |
| US 8,071,319 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
| US 8,460,887 | Term ended Jul 2024 | Jul 2024 |
| US 8,895,255 | Term ended Jul 2024 | Jul 2024 |
| US 9,657,327 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 9,841,422 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 11,054,420 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2004 Reel 15989, frame 85 | Goldberg, David A.; Howson, David C.; Metzger, Steven W.; Buttry, Daniel A.; Saavedra, Steven Scott | ACCELR8 Technology Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 9, 2013 Reel 30385, frame 118 | ACCELR8 Technology Corporation | Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jun 9, 2023 Reel 63912, frame 50 | Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Security Interest |
| May 16, 2024 Reel 67430, frame 886 | Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Security Interest |
| Aug 8, 2024 Reel 68222, frame 638 | Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association | Security Interest |
| Sep 19, 2025 Reel 72314, frame 691 | Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc.; Accelerate Diagnostics Texas, LLC. | Ast Revolution, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 30, 2026 Reel 74217, frame 890 | Ast Revolution, LLC | Elitechgroup Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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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
Sep 2027
Term ends Sep 18, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1167 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
146
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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