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A&E Advanced Closure Systems, LLC

16 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
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Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
  • 1 fee due Dec 11, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Tensioning Instruments (US 10,314,635) comes due Dec 11, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 11, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Apr 1, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Bone Plate System and Method (US 10,426,532) comes due Apr 1, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 1, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due May 5 to 26, 2027 · next May 5
  • 1 fee due Aug 23, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Bone Plate System and Method (US 9,265,543) comes due Aug 23, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 23, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Nov 10, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Tensioning Instrument (US 9,333,021) comes due Nov 10, 2027. Unpaid by May 10, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 1 of the patents on this record was granted since Aug 16, 2026

Patents held now

Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 7,727,008Electrical connector for conveying an electrical signal from a device to an organ of a human or animal body
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,984,720Tensioning Instrument and Method
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,333,021Tensioning Instrument
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,426,532Bone Plate System and Method
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,561,064Bone Plate System and Method
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,265,543Bone Plate System and Method
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,881,437Bone Plate System and Method
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 11,298,172Tensioning instruments
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,765,465Tensioning Instrument
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,999,454Bone Plate System and Method
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Sources and methods

Compiled from the USPTO record, grants, published applications and recorded assignments, not yet reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

Published applications

Every application published under this name has become a patent.

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