Term ends Nov 13, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 12, 2027
Held by Global Healthcare Exchange LLC
Filed Apr 8, 2009 as application 12/444,735 · Granted Oct 25, 2011
Base term plus 32 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Oct 12, 2007
Oct 12, 2007
Term ends
Nov 13, 2027
Nov 13, 2027
Granted
Oct 25, 2011
Oct 25, 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
32
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.
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 runs 32 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 12, 2007, when application PCT/FR2007/001675, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 8, 2009) | Oct 12, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +32 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 13, 2027 | 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 | Nov 13, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,042,738 | this patent Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2009 Reel 22522, frame 77 | Cloix, Erick | Implanet, Societe Anonyme | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 19, 2012 Reel 27562, frame 309 | Implanet | Global Healthcare Exchange LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 21, 2013 Reel 29854, frame 336 | Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC | General Electric Capital Corporation | Security Agreement |
| Mar 11, 2014 Reel 32403, frame 774 | Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 11, 2014 Reel 32408, frame 885 | General Electric Capital Corporation | Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 13, 2015 Reel 36344, frame 727 | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC | Termination of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 032403, Frame 0774 |
| Aug 14, 2015 Reel 36355, frame 530 | Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC | Suntrust Bank, As Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 23, 2016 Reel 39784, frame 858 | Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC | Suntrust Bank | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 30, 2017 Reel 42874, frame 738 | Suntrust Bank | Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 3, 2017 Reel 42881, frame 536 | Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 3, 2017 Reel 42881, frame 545 | Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 27, 2024 Reel 69690, frame 297 | Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC, as Grantor | Ares Capital Corporation, As Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 30, 2024 Reel 69799, frame 405 | Ares Capital Corporation, As Agent | Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights at RF 042881/0545 |
| Dec 30, 2024 Reel 69810, frame 543 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame (042881/0536) |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2027
Term ends Nov 13, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 32 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
56
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.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.