Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 2, 2022 (Goldman Sachs Bank USA).
Term ends Dec 7, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 19, 2026
Held by Brooks Automation US, LLC
Filed Dec 1, 2008 as application 12/325,993 · Granted Oct 23, 2012
Base term plus 810 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Sep 19, 2006
Sep 19, 2006
Term ends
Dec 7, 2028
Dec 7, 2028
Granted
Oct 23, 2012
Oct 23, 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
810
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.
7
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 810 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 Sep 19, 2006, when application 11/523,101, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 1, 2008) | Sep 19, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +810 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 7, 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 | Dec 7, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,901,539 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 8,293,066 | this patent Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 9,524,896 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 8,419,341 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 8,303,764 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 9,691,649 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 10,204,810 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
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, 2008 Reel 21907, frame 596 | Bluck, Terry; Fairbairn, Kevin P.; Barnes, Michael S.; Lane, Christopher T. | Intevac, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 18, 2012 Reel 27555, frame 518 | Intevac, Inc. | Brooks Automation, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 31, 2016 Reel 38891, frame 765 | Brooks Automation, Inc.; Biostorage Technologies | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Agreement |
| Oct 6, 2017 Reel 44142, frame 258 | Brooks Automation, Inc.; Biostorage Technologies, Inc. | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Dec 9, 2021 Reel 58481, frame 740 | Brooks Automation,inc | Brooks Automation Holding, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 9, 2021 Reel 58482, frame 1 | Brooks Automation Holding, LLC | Brooks Automation US, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 2, 2022 Reel 58945, frame 748 | Brooks Automation US, LLC | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Feb 2, 2022 Reel 58950, frame 146 | Brooks Automation US, LLC | Barclays Bank PLC | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 4, 2025 Reel 73446, frame 80 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Azenta, Inc. (F/K/A Brooks Automation, Inc.); Azenta USA, Inc. (F/K/A Biostorage Technologies, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 038891/0765 |
| Nov 4, 2025 Reel 73514, frame 609 | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Azenta, Inc. (F/K/A Brooks Automation, Inc.); Azenta US, Inc. (F/K/A Brooks Life Sciences, Inc., F/K/A Biostorage Technologies, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 044142/0258 |
| Nov 4, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Azenta, Inc. (F/K/A Brooks Automation, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 038891/0765 |
| Nov 4, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Azenta USA, Inc. (F/K/A Biostorage Technologies, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 038891/0765 |
| Nov 4, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Azenta, Inc. (F/K/A Brooks Automation, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 044142/0258 |
| Nov 4, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. | Azenta US, Inc. (F/K/A Brooks Life Sciences, Inc., F/K/A Biostorage Technologies, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 044142/0258 |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2028
Term ends Dec 7, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 810 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
25
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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