Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 29, 2022 (Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce).
Term ends Apr 8, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 8, 2028
Held by Transmedics, Inc.
Filed Feb 12, 2013 as application 13/765,009 · Granted Dec 13, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Apr 8, 2008
Apr 8, 2008
Term ends
Apr 8, 2028
Apr 8, 2028
Granted
Dec 13, 2016
Dec 13, 2016
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 8, 2008, when application 12/099,717, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 12, 2013) | Apr 8, 2028 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 8, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,462,802 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 8,420,380 | In force no later than Apr 2031 | no later than Apr 2031 |
| US 10,750,738 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 9,247,728 | In force no later than Sep 2031 | no later than Sep 2031 |
| US 9,814,230 | In force no later than Jan 2031 | no later than Jan 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2009/032619 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,516,875 | this patent Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 12,317,888 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2015 Reel 37108, frame 298 | Fishman, Robert; Havener, Robert; Abdelazim, Anas; Newell, Scott; Bishop, Thomas H; Khayal, Tamer; Kyi, Stanley; Taylor, Ron; Harriott, Doug; De Remer, Matthew; Murray, Paul; Sullivan, John; Anderson, Mark; Bringham, Richard; Hassanein, Waleed H; Fattah, Ihab Abdel; Van Driel, Michael | Transmedics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2018 Reel 46179, frame 223 | Transmedics, Inc. | Orbimed Royalty Opportunities II, LP | Security Interest |
| Jul 25, 2022 Reel 60610, frame 23 | Orbimed Royalty Opportunities II, LP | Transmedics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 29, 2022 Reel 60677, frame 520 | Transmedics, Inc. | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Apr 2028
Term ends Apr 8, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
50
later US patents cite this one
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