Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 31, 2022 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).
Term ends Aug 24, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 30, 2023
Held by ICU Medical, Inc.
Filed Oct 30, 2003 as application 10/696,830 · Granted Mar 1, 2011
Base term plus 2125 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2003
2029
Clock starts
Oct 30, 2003
Oct 30, 2003
Term ends
Aug 24, 2029
Aug 24, 2029
Granted
Mar 1, 2011
Mar 1, 2011
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
2,125
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.
29
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 2125 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 30, 2003, when this application, 10/696,830, was filed | Oct 30, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +2125 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 24, 2029 | 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 | Aug 24, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 6,494,694 | Term ended Apr 2021 | Apr 2021 |
| US 6,813,964 | Term ended May 2023 | May 2023 |
| US 7,896,572 | this patent Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 8,065,161 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 9,123,077 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| Application 10/783,641 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,490,021 | Term ended Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 |
| Application 10/783,649 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2004 Reel 14769, frame 585 | Fathallah, Marwan A.; Ziegler, John S.; Bakken, Todd J.; Lee, Daniel J. | Abbott Laboratories | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 28, 2004 Reel 14921, frame 536 | Abbott Laboratories | Hospira, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 9, 2017 Reel 41672, frame 1 | Hospira, Inc. | ICU Medical, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 31, 2022 Reel 59618, frame 412 | ICU Medical, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
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What's changing
Aug 2029
Term ends Aug 24, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 2125 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
38
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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