Term ended Oct 19, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 19, 2026
Held by Trophy
Filed Sep 23, 2008 as application 12/093,456 · Granted Dec 28, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Oct 19, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Oct 19, 2006
Oct 19, 2006
Term ended
Oct 19, 2026
Oct 19, 2026
Granted
Dec 28, 2010
Dec 28, 2010
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.
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.
2
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. 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 Oct 19, 2006, when application PCT/EP2006/010060, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 23, 2008) | Oct 19, 2026 | 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 | 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 | Oct 19, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,860,218 | this patent Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
1 of 2 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 17, 2010 Reel 25379, frame 889 | Inglese, Jean-marc; Bothorel, Sylvie Marie Gisele; Lemaire, Alain Paul; Boucly, Alain | Trophy | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 12, 2011 Reel 26269, frame 411 | Carestream Health, Inc.; Carestream Dental, LLC; Quantum Medical Imaging, L.l.c.; Quantum Medical Holdings, LLC; Trophy Dental Inc. | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Mar 13, 2012 Reel 27851, frame 812 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Carestream Health, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (Second Lien) |
| Jun 28, 2013 Reel 30711, frame 648 | Carestream Health, Inc.; Carestream Dental LLC; Quantum Medical Imaging, L.l.c.; Trophy Dental Inc. | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Amended and Restated Intellectual Property Security Agreement (First Lien) |
| Jul 1, 2013 Reel 30724, frame 154 | Carestream Health, Inc.; Carestream Dental LLC; Quantum Medical Imaging, L.l.c.; Trophy Dental Inc. | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Second Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Oct 14, 2022 Reel 61681, frame 380 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Carestream Health, Inc.; Carestream Dental, LLC; Quantum Medical Imaging, L.l.c.; Quantum Medical Holdings, LLC; Trophy Dental Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 14, 2022 Reel 61683, frame 441 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Carestream Health, Inc.; Carestream Dental LLC; Quantum Medical Imaging, L.l.c.; Trophy Dental Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (First Lien) |
| Oct 14, 2022 Reel 61683, frame 601 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Carestream Health, Inc.; Carestream Dental LLC; Quantum Medical Imaging, L.l.c.; Trophy Dental Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (Second Lien) |
| Oct 14, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Carestream Health, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 14, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Carestream Dental, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 14, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Quantum Medical Imaging, L.l.c. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 14, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Quantum Medical Holdings, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 14, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Trophy Dental Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 14, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Carestream Health, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (First Lien) |
| Oct 14, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Carestream Dental LLC | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (First Lien) |
| Oct 14, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Quantum Medical Imaging, L.l.c. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (First Lien) |
| Oct 14, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Trophy Dental Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (First Lien) |
| Oct 14, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Carestream Health, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (Second Lien) |
| Oct 14, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Carestream Dental LLC | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (Second Lien) |
| Oct 14, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Quantum Medical Imaging, L.l.c. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (Second Lien) |
| Oct 14, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Trophy Dental Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (Second Lien) |
Sources
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Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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