Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 2, 2022 (Goldman Sachs Bank USA).
Term ends Apr 21, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 30, 2028
Held by Brooks Automation US, LLC
Filed May 1, 2009 as application 12/434,330 · Granted Apr 23, 2013
Base term plus 691 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
May 30, 2008
May 30, 2008
Term ends
Apr 21, 2030
Apr 21, 2030
Granted
Apr 23, 2013
Apr 23, 2013
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
691
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 691 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 May 30, 2008, when application 12/131,024, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 1, 2009) | May 30, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +691 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 21, 2030 | 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 | Apr 21, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,586,722 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2009/042549 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,424,703 | this patent Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2012 Reel 29134, frame 283 | Blueshift Technologies, Inc. | Brooks Automation, Inc. | Bill of Sale |
| 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
Apr 2030
Term ends Apr 21, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 691 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
17
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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