Also listed on Cook Incorporated, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 25, 2025 (Golub Capital Markets LLC).
Term ends Jun 10, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 10, 2029
Held by Cook Biotech Incorporated
Filed Dec 10, 2010 as application 12/965,205 · Granted Mar 29, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jun 10, 2009
Jun 10, 2009
Term ends
Jun 10, 2029
Jun 10, 2029
Granted
Mar 29, 2016
Mar 29, 2016
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
6
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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, 2009, when application 12/482,002, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 10, 2010) | Jun 10, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Jun 10, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,688,219 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 9,295,757 | this patent Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 11,351,021 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| Application 16/906,557 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 17/460,916 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 17/833,193 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2011 Reel 25918, frame 626 | Patel, Umesh H.; Miller, Jeffrey; Fearnot, Neal E.; Bleyer, Mark W. | Cook Biotech Incorporated | 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 72924, frame 721 | Rti Surgical, Inc.; Cook Biotech Incorporated; Tissx, LLC | Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral 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
Jun 2029
Term ends Jun 10, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
164
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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