Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 16, 2021 (Goldman Sachs Bank USA).
Lapsed Oct 22, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 28, 2025
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by LivaNova USA, Inc.
Filed Jan 25, 2008 as application 12/020,097 · Granted Oct 22, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 481 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Oct 22, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
Jan 28, 2005
Jan 28, 2005
No longer in force
Oct 22, 2025
Oct 22, 2025
Granted
Oct 22, 2013
Oct 22, 2013
Term would have run to
May 24, 2026
May 24, 2026
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
481
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
106
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to May 24, 2026: its 20-year base term plus 481 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jan 28, 2005, when application 11/046,430, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 25, 2008) | Jan 28, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +481 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 24, 2026 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Oct 22, 2025 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 22, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 11/046,430 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2006/002473 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,260,426 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| US 8,565,867 | this patent Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2009/000386 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2009/000379 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 12/756,065 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,571,643 | In force Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
8 of 106 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 25, 2008 Reel 20418, frame 365 | Armstrong, Randolph K.; Maschino, Steven E.; Scott, Timothy L. | Cyberonics Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 17, 2020 Reel 53673, frame 675 | LivaNova USA, Inc. | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 29, 2020 Reel 53306, frame 229 | Cyberonics, Inc. | LivaNova USA, Inc. | Change of Name |
| 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 |
Sources
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Note
The 481 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
46
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 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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