Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 7, 2025 (TCW Asset Management Company LLC).
Term ends Aug 21, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 30, 2024
Held by Accuray LLC
Filed May 13, 2005 as application 11/129,122 · Granted Apr 17, 2012
Base term plus 1513 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2028
Clock starts
Jun 30, 2004
Jun 30, 2004
Term ends
Aug 21, 2028
Aug 21, 2028
Granted
Apr 17, 2012
Apr 17, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,513
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.
6
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 1513 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 Jun 30, 2004, when application 10/881,315, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 13, 2005) | Jun 30, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1513 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 21, 2028 | 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 21, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,860,550 | Term ended no later than Jun 2026 | no later than Jun 2026 |
| US 8,160,205 | this patent Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2006/018017 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,457,279 | Term ended Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 10,745,253 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 8,745,789 | Term ended Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2006 Reel 18574, frame 484 | Henderson, Toby D | Forte Automation Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 1, 2006 Reel 18574, frame 508 | Forte Automation Systems, Inc. | Accuray Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 1, 2006 Reel 18575, frame 516 | Saracen, Michael J; Carrano, Aaron W | Accuray Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 13, 2016 Reel 37513, frame 170 | Accuray Incorporated; Tomotherapy Incorporated | Cerberus Business Finance, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Assignment for Security - Patents |
| Jun 15, 2017 Reel 42821, frame 580 | Cerberus Business Finance, LLC. as Collateral Agent | Accuray Incorporated; Tomotherapy Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 15, 2017 Reel 42826, frame 358 | Accuray Incorporated; Tomotherapy Incorporated | Midcap Funding IV Trust (as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Financial Trust) | Security Interest |
| Jun 15, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Cerberus Business Finance, LLC. as Collateral Agent | Accuray Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 15, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Cerberus Business Finance, LLC. as Collateral Agent | Tomotherapy Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 19, 2017 Reel 44910, frame 685 | Accuray Incorporated; Tomotherapy Incorporated | Midcap Financial Trust | Security Interest |
| Mar 1, 2019 Reel 48481, frame 804 | Midcap Funding X Trust (as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Funding IV Trust, as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Financial Trust), as Existing Administrative Agent | Midcap Funding IV Trust, as Successor to Existing Administrative Agent | Assignment of Security Agreements |
| May 14, 2021 Reel 56247, frame 1 | Accuray Incorporated; Tomotherapy Incorporated | Silicon Valley Bank, as Administrative and Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| May 20, 2021 Reel 56318, frame 559 | Midcap Funding IV Trust (as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Funding X Trust, as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Funding IV Trust, as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Financial Trust) | Accuray Incorporated; Tomotherapy Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| May 20, 2021 Reel 56318, frame 751 | Midcap Financial Trust | Accuray Incorporated; Tomotherapy Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| May 20, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust (as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Funding X Trust, as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Funding IV Trust, as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Financial Trust) | Accuray Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| May 20, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust (as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Funding X Trust, as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Funding IV Trust, as Successor by Assignment from Midcap Financial Trust) | Tomotherapy Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| May 20, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Financial Trust | Accuray Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| May 20, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Financial Trust | Tomotherapy Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 6, 2025 Reel 71638, frame 34 | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Accuray Incorporated | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 13, 2025 Reel 72421, frame 584 | Accuray Incorporated | Accuray LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 7, 2025 Reel 73575, frame 358 | Accuray LLC | TCW Asset Management Company LLC, as Collateral Agent | Grant of a Security Interest - Patents |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2028
Term ends Aug 21, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1513 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
346
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2012 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.