Term ends Feb 9, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 20, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Cook Biotech, Inc.
Filed Aug 26, 2010 as application 12/868,908 · Granted Dec 29, 2015
Base term plus 112 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Oct 20, 2006
Oct 20, 2006
Term ends
Feb 9, 2027
Feb 9, 2027
Granted
Dec 29, 2015
Dec 29, 2015
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
112
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 112 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Oct 20, 2006, when application 11/583,771, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 26, 2010); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Oct 20, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +112 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 9, 2027 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 9, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,778,360 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 9,308,252 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 9,220,770 | this patent Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 8,778,362 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 10,174,382 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
| US 10,457,716 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2015/047052 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 15/506,713 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 2010 Reel 25488, frame 967 | Suckow, Mark A; Wolter, William R | The University of Notre Dame | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 14, 2010 Reel 25489, frame 211 | Hall, Paul J | Cook Biotech, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 3, 2024 Reel 67001, frame 541 | Cook Biotech Incorporated | Ares Capital Corporation, As Security Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 25, 2025 Reel 72938, frame 231 | Ares Capital Corporation | Cook Biotech Incorporated | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents and Trademarks |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2027
Term ends Feb 9, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 112 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2015 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.