Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 16, 2021 (Goldman Sachs Bank USA).
Term ends Feb 15, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 29, 2030
Held by Cyberonics, Inc.
Filed Apr 30, 2010 as application 12/771,727 · Granted Sep 9, 2014
Base term plus 947 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Apr 29, 2010
Apr 29, 2010
Term ends
Feb 15, 2031
Feb 15, 2031
Granted
Sep 9, 2014
Sep 9, 2014
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
947
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,649,871.
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.
9
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 947 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Apr 29, 2010, when application 12/770,562, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 30, 2010) | Apr 29, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +947 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 1, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,649,871) | capped to Feb 15, 2031 | 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 | Feb 15, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,562,536 | In force Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 8,649,871 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 8,831,732 | this patent Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2011/034308 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,241,647 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 9,468,761 | In force no later than Sep 2030 | no later than Sep 2030 |
| US 9,750,448 | In force no later than Oct 2030 | no later than Oct 2030 |
| US 9,700,256 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2012 Reel 28409, frame 261 | Osorio, Ivan; Frei, Mark G. | 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 |
| 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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What's changing
Feb 2031
Term ends Feb 15, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 947 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,649,871.
Citations
45
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2014 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.