Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 10, 2024 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Jun 23, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 23, 2029
Held by Atricure, Inc.
Filed Aug 7, 2014 as application 14/454,571 · Granted Oct 11, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jun 23, 2009
Jun 23, 2009
Term ends
Jun 23, 2029
Jun 23, 2029
Granted
Oct 11, 2016
Oct 11, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,814,778, to Jun 23, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 23, 2009, when application 12/456,855, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 7, 2014) | Jun 23, 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,814,778) | resolves to Jun 23, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 23, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 12/456,855 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,814,778 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 9,463,024 | this patent Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 10,278,704 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 11,751,879 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 12,161,342 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
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 21, 2015 Reel 37343, frame 874 | Kiser, Andy Christopher; Landers, Mark Douglas | KL Medical LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 21, 2015 Reel 37343, frame 958 | KL Medical LLC | Estech, Inc. (Endoscopic Technologies, Inc.) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 25, 2016 Reel 38520, frame 62 | Atricure, Inc.; Atricure, LLC; Endoscopic Technologies, LLC; Ncontact Surgical, LLC | Silicon Valley Bank | Second Amended and Restated Joint Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Dec 29, 2016 Reel 41222, frame 218 | Endoscopic Technologies, LLC | Atricure, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 18, 2018 Reel 47951, frame 496 | Atricure, Inc.; Atricure, LLC; Endoscopic Technologies, LLC; Ncontact Surgical, LLC | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Jan 10, 2024 Reel 66256, frame 797 | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Atricure, Inc.; Atricure, LLC; Endoscopic Technologies, LLC; Ncontact Surgical, LLC; Sentreheart LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 10, 2024 Reel 66267, frame 896 | Atricure, Inc.; Atricure, LLC. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Atricure, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Atricure, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Endoscopic Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Ncontact Surgical, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 10, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | Sentreheart LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 28, 2026 Reel 73620, frame 158 | Endoscopic Technologies, Inc.; Niners Merger Sub, LLC | Endoscopic Technologies, LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
| Jan 28, 2026 Reel 74508, frame 844 | Estech, Inc. | Atricure, Inc. | Declaration of Ownership and Correction of Erroneously Filed Document Under 37 C.F.R. § 3.73; Mpep 323.01(C) |
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What's changing
Jun 2029
Term ends Jun 23, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,814,778, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
43
later US patents cite this one
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