Term ends Dec 11, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 10, 2030
Held by KCI USA, Inc.
Filed May 4, 2012 as application 13/377,071 · Granted Mar 31, 2015
Base term plus 184 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jun 10, 2010
Jun 10, 2010
Term ends
Dec 11, 2030
Dec 11, 2030
Granted
Mar 31, 2015
Mar 31, 2015
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
184
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.
4
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 184 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Jun 10, 2010, when application PCT/GB2010/001143, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 4, 2012) | Jun 10, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +184 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 11, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 11, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,992,509 | this patent Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| US 9,839,559 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 10,874,556 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
3 of 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2012 Reel 28185, frame 823 | Lowing, Paul Howard | Systagenix Wound Management (US), Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 29, 2013 Reel 31508, frame 11 | Systagenix Wound Management (US), Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Feb 11, 2015 Reel 34954, frame 870 | Systagenix Wound Management (US), Inc.; KCI USA, Inc. | KCI USA, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| May 11, 2015 Reel 35645, frame 178 | Systagenix Wound Management (Us),inc.; KCI USA, Inc. | KCI USA, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Feb 17, 2016 Reel 37845, frame 497 | Kinetic Concepts, Inc.; KCI USA, Inc.; Acelity L.P. Inc.; Chiron Holdings, Inc.; Chiron Topco, Inc.; KCI Animal Health, LLC; KCI Holding Company, Inc.; KCI Homecare, Inc.; KCI Imports, Inc.; KCI International, Inc.; KCI Licensing, Inc.; KCI Properties Limited; Kci Real Holdings, L.l.c.; KCI Real Property Limited; KCI USA Real Holdings, L.L.C.; Lifecell Corporation; Technimotion, LLC | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Security Interest |
| Sep 21, 2016 Reel 40098, frame 268 | KCI USA, Inc.; Lifecell Corporation; KCI Licensing, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Second Lien Security Agreement |
| Oct 7, 2016 Reel 40291, frame 237 | KCI USA, Inc.; Lifecell Corporation; KCI Licensing, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Limited Third Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Feb 6, 2017 Reel 41395, frame 44 | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | KCI Licensing, Inc., as Grantor; Technimotion, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, as Grantor; Systagenix Wound Management (US), Inc., a Delaware Corporation, as Grantor | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Feb 6, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | KCI Licensing, Inc., as Grantor | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Feb 6, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Technimotion, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, as Grantor | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Feb 6, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Systagenix Wound Management (US), Inc., a Delaware Corporation, as Grantor | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property |
| Feb 7, 2017 Reel 41650, frame 13 | KCI USA, Inc., as Grantor | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Feb 8, 2017 Reel 41666, frame 320 | Wilmington Trust | KCI USA, Inc. | Release of Security Interest Reel/Frame 040098/0268 |
| Oct 11, 2019 Reel 50710, frame 955 | Bank Of America, N.a. | KCI USA, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 6, 2019 Reel 50945, frame 278 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Kinetic Concepts, Inc.; KCI USA, Inc.; Acelity L.P. Inc.; Chiron Holdings, Inc.; Chiron Topco, Inc.; KCI Animal Health, LLC; KCI Holding Company, Inc.; KCI Homecare, Inc.; KCI Imports, Inc.; KCI International, Inc.; KCI Licensing, Inc.; KCI Properties Limited; Kci Real Holdings, L.l.c.; KCI Real Property Limited; KCI USA Real Holdings, L.L.C.; Technimotion, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 6, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Kinetic Concepts, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 6, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | KCI USA, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 6, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Acelity L.P. Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 6, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Chiron Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 6, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Chiron Topco, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 6, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | KCI Animal Health, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 6, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | KCI Holding Company, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 6, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | KCI Homecare, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 6, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | KCI Imports, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 6, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | KCI International, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 6, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | KCI Licensing, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 6, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | KCI Properties Limited | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 6, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Kci Real Holdings, L.l.c. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 6, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | KCI Real Property Limited | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 6, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | KCI USA Real Holdings, L.L.C. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 6, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | Technimotion, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 7, 2019 Reel 50966, frame 547 | Wilmington Trust, National Association | KCI USA, Inc.; KCI Licensing, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 7, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | KCI USA, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 7, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Wilmington Trust, National Association | KCI Licensing, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2030
Term ends Dec 11, 2030.
Note
The 184 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
76
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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