Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 7, 2024 (Blue Owl Capital Corporation).
Term ends Apr 19, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 16, 2032
Held by Covaris, LLC
Filed Nov 16, 2012 as application 13/678,755 · Granted Jul 14, 2015
Base term plus 154 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Nov 16, 2012
Nov 16, 2012
Term ends
Apr 19, 2033
Apr 19, 2033
Granted
Jul 14, 2015
Jul 14, 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
154
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.
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 154 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 Nov 16, 2012, when this application, 13/678,755, was filed | Nov 16, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +154 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 19, 2033 | 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 | Apr 19, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,080,167 | this patent Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
| Application PCT/US2013/070290 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 14/736,427 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 2012 Reel 29490, frame 66 | Durin, Guillaume; Rudd, Edwin; Laugharn, James A., JR. | Covaris, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 19, 2022 Reel 58768, frame 261 | Covaris, Inc. | Covaris, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jan 27, 2022 Reel 58887, frame 48 | Covaris, LLC | Ares Capital Corporation, As Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 4, 2023 Reel 65759, frame 122 | Ares Capital Corporation, As Administrative Agent | Covaris, LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (058887/0048) |
| Feb 7, 2024 Reel 66511, frame 843 | Covaris, LLC | Blue Owl Capital Corporation | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2033
Term ends Apr 19, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 154 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
42
later US patents cite this one
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