Term ends May 6, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 15, 2027
Filed May 1, 2009 as application 12/434,579 · Granted Oct 16, 2012
Base term plus 569 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Oct 15, 2007
Oct 15, 2007
Term ends
May 6, 2029
May 6, 2029
Granted
Oct 16, 2012
Oct 16, 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
569
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.
11
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 569 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 15, 2007, when application 11/974,534, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 1, 2009) | Oct 15, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +569 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 6, 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 | May 6, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,007,257 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
| US 8,535,283 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| US 8,287,507 | this patent May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 8,679,079 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 8,986,267 | In force no later than Feb 2028 | no later than Feb 2028 |
| US 9,028,458 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| US 9,561,312 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2025 | Feb 2025 |
| US 9,925,312 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
8 of 11 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 4, 2009 Reel 23473, frame 231 | Heaton, Keith Patrick; Hardman, Ian James; Coulthard, Richard Daniel John; Robinson, Timothy Mark; Locke, Christopher Brian; Tout, Aidan Marcus; Pratt, Benjamin | KCI Licensing, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 21, 2016 Reel 40098, frame 268 | KCI USA, Inc.; Lifecell Corporation; KCI Licensing, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Security Agreement |
| Oct 7, 2016 Reel 40291, frame 237 | KCI USA, Inc.; Lifecell Corporation; KCI Licensing, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Limited Third Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Feb 8, 2017 Reel 41666, frame 320 | Wilmington Trust | KCI USA, Inc. | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 040098/0268 |
| Nov 7, 2019 Reel 50966, frame 547 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | KCI USA, Inc.; KCI Licensing, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 7, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | KCI USA, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 7, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | KCI Licensing, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Aug 28, 2023 Reel 64730, frame 218 | KCI Licensing, Inc. | 3M Innovative Properties Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 1, 2024 Reel 66432, frame 345 | 3M Innovative Properties Company | Solventum Intellectual Properties Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2029
Term ends May 6, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 569 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
128
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
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