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Linear Vacuum Robot with Z Motion and Articulated Arm

US 9,691,649 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 2, 2022 (Goldman Sachs Bank USA).

Term ended Sep 19, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Oct 31, 2011 as application 13/286,186 · Granted Jun 27, 2017
Base term plus 1164 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Sep 19, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Sep 19, 2006
Term ended
Sep 19, 2026
Granted
Jun 27, 2017
base term after the term ends 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
1,164
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,419,341.
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.
7
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 1164 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 19, 2006, when application 11/523,101, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 31, 2011)Sep 19, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1164 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 26, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,419,341)capped to Sep 19, 2026High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 19, 2026High confidence

This family

US 7,901,539In force
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US 9,524,896In force
Feb 2030
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US 8,419,341Term ended
Sep 2026
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US 8,303,764Term ended
Sep 2026
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US 9,691,649this patent
Sep 2026
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US 10,204,810In force
Jun 2029
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 31, 2016
Reel 38891, frame 765
Brooks Automation, Inc.; Biostorage TechnologiesWells Fargo Bank, National AssociationSecurity Agreement
Oct 6, 2017
Reel 44142, frame 258
Brooks Automation, Inc.; Biostorage Technologies, Inc.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Security Interest
Dec 9, 2021
Reel 58481, frame 740
Brooks Automation,incBrooks Automation Holding, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 9, 2021
Reel 58482, frame 1
Brooks Automation Holding, LLCBrooks Automation US, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 2, 2022
Reel 58945, frame 748
Brooks Automation US, LLCGoldman Sachs Bank USASecond Lien Patent Security Agreement
Feb 2, 2022
Reel 58950, frame 146
Brooks Automation US, LLCBarclays Bank PLCFirst Lien Patent Security Agreement
Nov 4, 2025
Reel 73446, frame 80
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationAzenta, Inc. (F/K/A Brooks Automation, Inc.); Azenta USA, Inc. (F/K/A Biostorage Technologies, Inc.)Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 038891/0765
Nov 4, 2025
Reel 73514, frame 609
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Azenta, Inc. (F/K/A Brooks Automation, Inc.); Azenta US, Inc. (F/K/A Brooks Life Sciences, Inc., F/K/A Biostorage Technologies, Inc.)Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 044142/0258
Nov 4, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationAzenta, Inc. (F/K/A Brooks Automation, Inc.)Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 038891/0765
Nov 4, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationAzenta USA, Inc. (F/K/A Biostorage Technologies, Inc.)Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 038891/0765
Nov 4, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Azenta, Inc. (F/K/A Brooks Automation, Inc.)Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 044142/0258
Nov 4, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Azenta US, Inc. (F/K/A Brooks Life Sciences, Inc., F/K/A Biostorage Technologies, Inc.)Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 044142/0258

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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