Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 16, 2021 (Goldman Sachs Bank USA).
Surrendered on reissue Jun 2, 2020 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 12, 2027
Surrendered on reissue Jun 2, 2020 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE48,024.
Held by LivaNova USA, Inc.
Filed Oct 12, 2007 as application 11/907,533 · Granted Apr 9, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1338 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Surrendered Jun 2, 2020
2007
2031
Clock starts
Oct 12, 2007
Oct 12, 2007
No longer in force
Jun 2, 2020
Jun 2, 2020
Granted
Apr 9, 2013
Apr 9, 2013
Term would have run to
Jun 11, 2031
Jun 11, 2031
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
1,338
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Fees paid on this patent before its reissue. Those after fall due on the reissue, which carries the term on.
37
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 1338 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. Confidence: Low. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 12, 2007, when this application, 11/907,533, was filed | Oct 12, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1338 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 11, 2031 | 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 | No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds; the fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case" | no change | Low confidence |
| Reissue | US RE48,024 issued Jun 2, 2020, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252) | surrendered Jun 2, 2020 | High confidence |
| Surrendered on reissue | The steps above, in order | Jun 2, 2020 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 7,809,442 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 8,417,343 | this patent Jun 2020 | Jun 2020 |
| US 9,744,354 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| Application 12/835,984 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,105,538 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 8,744,589 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 8,626,304 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 8,498,712 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
8 of 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 2008 Reel 20366, frame 132 | Bolea, Stephen L.; Hoegh, Thomas B.; Persson, Bruce J.; Atkinson, Robert E.; Hauschild, Sidney F.; Kaplan, Paula M.; Kuhnley, Brian D.; Jasperson, Keith E.; Tesfayesus, Wondimeneh; Thorp, Christopher K. | Apnex Medical, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 17, 2012 Reel 29141, frame 956 | Apnex Medical, Inc. | New Enterprise Associates 10, Limited Partnership | Security Agreement |
| Feb 19, 2014 Reel 32244, frame 509 | Apnex Medical, Inc. | Cyberonics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 20, 2019 Reel 50106, frame 370 | Cyberonics, Inc. | LivaNova USA, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jun 17, 2020 Reel 53673, frame 675 | LivaNova USA, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 30, 2020 Reel 54881, frame 784 | LivaNova USA, Inc. | Acf Finco I LP, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 16, 2021 Reel 57188, frame 1 | LivaNova USA, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 16, 2021 Reel 57189, frame 1 | Ares Capital Corporation, as Agent for the Lenders | LivaNova USA, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 20, 2021 Reel 57552, frame 378 | Acf Finco I LP | LivaNova USA, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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