Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 25, 2025 (Golub Capital Markets LLC).
Term ends Jun 28, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 29, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Cook Biotech Incorporated
Filed Apr 2, 2012 as application 13/437,169 · Granted Oct 4, 2016
Base term plus 425 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Apr 29, 2006
Apr 29, 2006
Term ends
Jun 28, 2027
Jun 28, 2027
Granted
Oct 4, 2016
Oct 4, 2016
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
425
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.
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 runs 425 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 Apr 29, 2006, when application PCT/US2006/016748, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 2, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 29, 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 | +425 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 28, 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 | Jun 28, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,572,556 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 9,687,215 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 9,226,736 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 9,456,813 | this patent Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 11,064,987 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
5 of 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2012 Reel 28110, frame 229 | Obermiller, F. Joseph; Graham, Mathew R. | Cook Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 26, 2012 Reel 28110, frame 266 | Cook Incorporated | Cook Biotech Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 26, 2012 Reel 28110, frame 351 | Hiles, Michael C. | 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
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jun 2027
Term ends Jun 28, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 425 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2016 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.