Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 6, 2011 (Landmark Community Bank).
Term ended Sep 27, 2024 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 29, 2019
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Greatbatch Ltd.
Filed Apr 15, 2002 as application 10/123,534 · Granted Nov 30, 2010
Base term plus 1795 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Sep 27, 2024
1999
2026
Clock starts
Oct 29, 1999
Oct 29, 1999
Term ended
Sep 27, 2024
Sep 27, 2024
Granted
Nov 30, 2010
Nov 30, 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
1,795
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.
188
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 1795 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Oct 29, 1999, when application 09/428,990, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 15, 2002); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Oct 29, 2019 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1795 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 27, 2024 | 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 | Sep 27, 2024 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,844,319 | this patent Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 6,888,715 | Term ended Nov 2023 | Nov 2023 |
| US 6,765,780 | Term ended Feb 2023 | Feb 2023 |
| US 6,765,779 | Term ended Feb 2023 | Feb 2023 |
| US 6,985,347 | Term ended Mar 2023 | Mar 2023 |
| US 6,999,818 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2018 | Feb 2018 |
| US 7,038,900 | Term ended Sep 2023 | Sep 2023 |
| US 6,987,660 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2018 | Jan 2018 |
8 of 188 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2004 Reel 15271, frame 793 | Surgi-Vision, Inc. | GE Capital Equity Investments, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Jun 3, 2005 Reel 16610, frame 596 | Surgi-Vision, Inc. | GE Capital Equity Investments, Inc. | Termination |
| Jan 5, 2006 Reel 16976, frame 41 | Surgi-Vision, Inc. | Advanced Bionics Corporation | Grant of Patent Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2007 Reel 19726, frame 638 | Lardo, Albert C. | Imricor Medical Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 21, 2007 Reel 19726, frame 669 | Berger, Ronald D. | Imricor Medical Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 18, 2007 Reel 19839, frame 591 | Susil, Robert C.; Atalar, Ergin | Surgi-Vision, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 26, 2007 Reel 20155, frame 557 | Bottomley, Paul | Surgi-Vision, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 30, 2008 Reel 21616, frame 487 | Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation (F/K/A Advanced Bionics Corporation) | Surgi-Vision, Inc. | Release of Liens and Security Interests |
| Jun 11, 2009 Reel 22812, frame 330 | Halperin, Henry R., M.D. | Imricor Medical Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 11, 2009 Reel 22812, frame 537 | Imricor Medical Systems, Inc. | Greatbatch Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 16, 2009 Reel 23379, frame 649 | Surgivision, Inc. | Boston Scientific Corporation | Security Agreement |
| Jan 6, 2011 Reel 25592, frame 951 | Surgivision, Inc. | Landmark Community Bank, As Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Mar 26, 2014 Reel 32528, frame 536 | Mri Interventions, Inc. | Landmark Community Bank | Security Interest |
| Sep 12, 2014 Reel 33727, frame 668 | Boston Scientific Corporation | Mri Interventions, Inc., Formerly Known as Surgivision, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 27, 2015 Reel 36980, frame 482 | Greatbatch, Inc.; Greatbatch Ltd.; Electrochem Solutions, Inc.; Neuronexus Technologies, Inc.; Greatbatch-Globe Tool, Inc.; Precimed Inc.; Micro Power Electronics, Inc. | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company | Security Interest |
| Nov 17, 2015 Reel 37120, frame 574 | Mri Interventions, Inc. | Landmark Community Bank | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrectly Listed Property U.S. Patent No. 8374667 Previously Recorded on Reel 032528 Frame 0536. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement. |
| Sep 10, 2021 Reel 57468, frame 56 | Greatbatch Ltd.; Electrochem Solutions, Inc.; Lake Region Medical, Inc.; Lake Region Manufacturing, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2022 Reel 60938, frame 69 | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Greatbatch, Inc.; Greatbatch Ltd.; Electrochem Solutions, Inc.; Neuronexus Technologies, Inc.; Greatbatch-Globe Tool, Inc.; Precimed Inc.; Micro Power Electronics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Greatbatch, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Greatbatch Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Electrochem Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Neuronexus Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Greatbatch-Globe Tool, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Precimed Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Micro Power Electronics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 12, 2022 Reel 61659, frame 858 | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Greatbatch, Inc.; Greatbatch Ltd.; Electrochem Solutions, Inc.; Neuronexus Technologies, Inc.; Greatbatch-Globe Tool, Inc.; Precimed Inc.; Micro Power Electronics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 12, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Greatbatch, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 12, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Greatbatch Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 12, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Electrochem Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 12, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Neuronexus Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 12, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Greatbatch-Globe Tool, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 12, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Precimed Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 12, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (as Administrative Agent) | Micro Power Electronics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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Citations
363
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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