Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 7, 2023 (Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.).
Term ended Nov 14, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 18, 2026
Held by Insulet Corporation
Filed Oct 25, 2007 as application 11/924,345 · Granted Aug 17, 2010
Base term plus 57 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Nov 14, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Sep 18, 2006
Sep 18, 2006
Term ended
Nov 14, 2026
Nov 14, 2026
Granted
Aug 17, 2010
Aug 17, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
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
57
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 57 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Sep 18, 2006, when application 11/522,603, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 25, 2007) | Sep 18, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +57 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 14, 2026 | 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 | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 14, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,794,427 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 7,887,512 | In force no later than Oct 2028 | no later than Oct 2028 |
| US 7,922,708 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 7,708,717 | In force no later than Oct 2027 | no later than Oct 2027 |
| US 7,981,084 | In force no later than Oct 2027 | no later than Oct 2027 |
| US 7,776,030 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 7,789,859 | In force no later than Mar 2027 | no later than Mar 2027 |
| US 7,794,428 | In force no later than Jan 2027 | no later than Jan 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2009 Reel 22264, frame 957 | Estes, Mark C.; Wenger, Mitchell; Mernoe, Morten; Causey, James; Kirschen, Todd | M2 Medical A/S | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 16, 2009 Reel 22401, frame 766 | M2 Medical A/S | M2 Medical Group Holdings, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 25, 2009 Reel 22440, frame 904 | M2 Medical A/S | M2 Medical Group Holdings, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 13, 2009 Reel 22619, frame 510 | M2 Medical A/S | M2 Group Holdings, Inc. | Corrective Document Original Document Was Recorded at Reel 022440, Frame 0904. |
| Jun 9, 2010 Reel 24505, frame 516 | M2 Group Holdings, Inc. | Asante Solutions, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 2, 2015 Reel 36047, frame 389 | Asante LLC | Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 2, 2015 Reel 36049, frame 175 | Asante Solutions, Inc. | Asante LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 12, 2021 Reel 55583, frame 44 | Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc. | Madryn Health Partners, LP | Security Interest |
| Feb 10, 2023 Reel 62702, frame 145 | Madryn Health Partners, LP | Madryn Fund Administration, LLC | Security Interest |
| Feb 17, 2023 Reel 62793, frame 316 | Madryn Fund Administration, LLC | Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 7, 2023 Reel 63909, frame 826 | Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc. | Insulet Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 7, 2023 Reel 64840, frame 181 | Insulet Corporation | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement Supplement |
| Sep 12, 2024 Reel 68948, frame 172 | Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc. | Madryn Health Partners, LP | Security Interest |
| Sep 12, 2024 Reel 68948, frame 324 | Madryn Health Partners, LP | Madryn Fund Administration, LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 23, 2024 Reel 69019, frame 142 | Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc. | Madryn Health Partners, LP | Security Interest |
| Sep 23, 2024 Reel 69019, frame 188 | Madryn Health Partners, LP | Madryn Fund Administration, LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 24, 2024 Reel 69030, frame 104 | Madryn Health Partners, LP | Madryn Fund Administration, LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 24, 2024 Reel 69030, frame 296 | Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc. | Madryn Health Partners, LP | Security Interest |
| Sep 30, 2024 Reel 69073, frame 912 | Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc. | Madryn Health Partners, LP | Security Interest |
| Sep 30, 2024 Reel 69074, frame 1 | Madryn Health Partners, LP | Madryn Fund Administration, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jan 10, 2025 Reel 69870, frame 456 | Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc. | Madryn Health Partners, LP | Security Interest |
| Jan 10, 2025 Reel 69870, frame 519 | Madryn Health Partners, LP | Madryn Fund Administration, LLC | Security Interest |
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Citations
213
later US patents cite this one
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