Also listed on Waystar, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 5, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 17, 2023
Held by Waystar Technologies, Inc.
Filed Oct 17, 2003 as application 10/688,363 · Granted Jun 15, 2010
Base term plus 1601 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2003
2028
Clock starts
Oct 17, 2003
Oct 17, 2003
Term ends
Mar 5, 2028
Mar 5, 2028
Granted
Jun 15, 2010
Jun 15, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,601
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.
3
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 1601 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 Oct 17, 2003, when this application, 10/688,363, was filed | Oct 17, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1601 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 5, 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 | Mar 5, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,739,132 | this patent Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 8,719,057 | Term ended Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| US 8,655,685 | Term ended Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2003 Reel 14623, frame 443 | Denny, James McCahill, JR.; Bridge, Thomas Craig; Bradley, Kenneth Paul; Edwards, Shawn Kevin | Navicure, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 1, 2016 Reel 39062, frame 750 | Navicure, Inc. | Antares Capital LP, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 7, 2017 Reel 44936, frame 477 | Antares Capital LP. | Navicure, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel/Frame No. 039062/0750 |
| Nov 10, 2017 Reel 44696, frame 814 | Navicure, Inc. | Antares Capital LP. | First Lien Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 13, 2017 Reel 44429, frame 171 | Navicure, Inc. | Antares Capital LP. | Second Lien Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Oct 22, 2019 Reel 50786, frame 417 | Navicure, Inc.; Zirmed Inc.; Connance, Inc. | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Oct 22, 2019 Reel 50786, frame 572 | Navicure, Inc.; Zirmed Inc.; Connance, Inc. | Glas Americas LLC | Security Interest |
| Oct 23, 2019 Reel 50807, frame 633 | Antares Capital LP, as Collateral Agent | Navicure, Inc. | Release of First Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Oct 23, 2019 Reel 50807, frame 892 | Antares Capital LP, as Collateral Agent | Navicure, Inc. | Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 10, 2020 Reel 54372, frame 64 | Navicure, Inc. | Waystar Technologies, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Nov 13, 2020 Reel 54409, frame 461 | Navicure, Inc. | Waystar Technologies, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2028
Term ends Mar 5, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1601 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
54
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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