Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 30, 2025 (Fifth Third Bank, National Association).
Term ended May 24, 2025 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended May 24, 2025
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,954,137, US 9,445,736), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Medicomp, Inc.
Filed Aug 31, 2016 as application 15/253,401 · Granted Sep 26, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended May 24, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
May 24, 2005
May 24, 2005
Term ended
May 24, 2025
May 24, 2025
Granted
Sep 26, 2017
Sep 26, 2017
base term
after the term ends
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 8,954,137, US 9,445,736, to May 24, 2025. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 May 24, 2005, when application 11/136,338, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 31, 2016) | May 24, 2025 | 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 8,954,137, US 9,445,736) | resolves to May 24, 2025, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 24, 2025 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,204,580 | In force no later than Jun 2029 | no later than Jun 2029 |
| US 7,715,905 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2005/018542 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,483,807 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 8,954,137 | Term ended no later than Oct 2025 | no later than Oct 2025 |
| US 8,983,587 | Term ended May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 9,445,736 | Term ended no later than May 2025 | no later than May 2025 |
| US 9,770,181 | this patent May 2025 | May 2025 |
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 11, 2016 Reel 40285, frame 246 | Kurzweil, Raymond; Albrecht, Paul; Gibson, Lucy | Medicomp, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 4, 2023 Reel 62278, frame 308 | Medicomp, Inc. | Truist Bank | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Sep 30, 2025 Reel 72430, frame 464 | Medicomp, Inc.; Watermark Medical, Inc. | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Oct 3, 2025 Reel 72457, frame 824 | Truist Bank | Medicomp, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 30, 2026 Reel 75142, frame 291 | Medicomp, Inc. | Fifth Third Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,954,137, US 9,445,736, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2017 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
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