Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 11, 2024 (Ankura Trust Company, LLC.).
Term ends Mar 9, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 9, 2027
Held by Joerns Healthcare, LLC
Filed Feb 9, 2007 as application 11/704,769 · Granted Sep 11, 2012
Base term plus 394 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Feb 9, 2007
Feb 9, 2007
Term ends
Mar 9, 2028
Mar 9, 2028
Granted
Sep 11, 2012
Sep 11, 2012
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
394
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.
3
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 394 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 Feb 9, 2007, when this application, 11/704,769, was filed | Feb 9, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +394 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 9, 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 | Mar 9, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,261,387 | this patent Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2007/003854 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,615,831 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2007 Reel 18994, frame 241 | Lipman, Shawn; Laverack, John R.; Riehm, George E.; Gilchrest, Edward A., JR. | Scott Technology LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 26, 2009 Reel 23134, frame 413 | Scott Technology LLC | Joerns LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 6, 2010 Reel 24794, frame 832 | Joerns LLC | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Nov 2, 2012 Reel 29232, frame 405 | Joerns , LLC | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Apr 10, 2013 Reel 30192, frame 470 | Joerns LLC; Joerns Healthcare, LLC | Fifth Street Finance Corp. | Security Agreement |
| May 9, 2014 Reel 32862, frame 282 | Fifth Street Finance Corp. | Joerns LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 25, 2015 Reel 37159, frame 195 | General Electric Capital Corporation | Healthcare Financial Solutions, LLC | Assignment of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Mar 21, 2017 Reel 41656, frame 113 | Joerns LLC; Joerns Healthcare, LLC; Recovercare, LLC | Pinebridge Structured Capital Partners III, L.P., as Agent | Security Interest |
| May 22, 2019 Reel 49261, frame 707 | Capital One, National Association | Ankura Trust Company, LLC | Assignment of Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Aug 21, 2019 Reel 50122, frame 620 | Joerns Healthcare, LLC; Recovercare, LLC; Joerns LLC | Ankura Trust Company, LLC | Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2019 Reel 50127, frame 660 | Ankura Trust Company, LLC | Recovercare, LLC; Joerns LLC; Joerns Healthcare, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2019 Reel 50127, frame 685 | U.S. Bank National Association | Recovercare, LLC; Joerns LLC; Joerns Healthcare, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Ankura Trust Company, LLC | Recovercare, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Ankura Trust Company, LLC | Joerns LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Ankura Trust Company, LLC | Joerns Healthcare, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank National Association | Recovercare, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank National Association | Joerns LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 21, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank National Association | Joerns Healthcare, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 29, 2019 Reel 50233, frame 820 | Ankura Trust Company, LLC (as Successor to Capital One, National Association, as Successor to Healthcare Financial Solutions, LLC) | Recovercare, LLC; Joerns LLC; Joerns Healthcare, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 29, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Ankura Trust Company, LLC (as Successor to Capital One, National Association, as Successor to Healthcare Financial Solutions, LLC) | Recovercare, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 29, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Ankura Trust Company, LLC (as Successor to Capital One, National Association, as Successor to Healthcare Financial Solutions, LLC) | Joerns LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 29, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Ankura Trust Company, LLC (as Successor to Capital One, National Association, as Successor to Healthcare Financial Solutions, LLC) | Joerns Healthcare, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 10, 2021 Reel 58076, frame 340 | Joerns Healthcare, LLC; Joerns LLC; Recovercare, LLC | Ankura Trust Company, LLC | Security Interest |
| Apr 12, 2023 Reel 63299, frame 876 | Joerns, LLC | Joerns Healthcare, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 29, 2024 Reel 66953, frame 953 | Ankura Trust Company, LLC | Joerns Healthcare, LLC; Joerns LLC; Recovercare, LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Mar 29, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Ankura Trust Company, LLC | Joerns Healthcare, LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Mar 29, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Ankura Trust Company, LLC | Joerns LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Mar 29, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Ankura Trust Company, LLC | Recovercare, LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Apr 11, 2024 Reel 67097, frame 58 | Joerns Healthcare, LLC | Ankura Trust Company, LLC. | Patent Security Agreement |
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Mar 2028
Term ends Mar 9, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 394 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
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