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10 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Ending by 2030

Oct 2030

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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 Apr 15, 2027
The maintenance fee for Apparatus And Method For Securing Tissue (US 10,441,277) comes due Apr 15, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 15, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Oct 12, 2027
The maintenance fee for Surgical Suture System, Tissue Restraints, and Tissue Anchors (US 9,307,979) comes due Oct 12, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 12, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

1 term has ended 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.

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Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 10,178,989	Surgical Suture System, Tissue Restraints, and Tissue Anchors In force Ends no later than Oct 26, 2030 · Medium confidence	In force	Ends no later than Oct 26, 2030	Medium confidence
US 9,307,979	Surgical Suture System, Tissue Restraints, and Tissue Anchors In force (reinstated) Term ends Apr 22, 2031 · High confidence	In force (reinstated)	Term ends Apr 22, 2031	High confidence
US 8,814,904	Surgical Suture System In force (reinstated) Term ends Aug 13, 2032 · High confidence	In force (reinstated)	Term ends Aug 13, 2032	High confidence
US D819,432	Screw In force Term ends Jun 5, 2033 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 5, 2033	High confidence
US 9,700,305	Method for Securing Tissue In force Term ends Mar 11, 2034 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 11, 2034	High confidence
US 9,757,122	Fastener In force Term ends Mar 11, 2034 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Mar 11, 2034	High confidence
US 10,441,277	Apparatus And Method For Securing Tissue In force (reinstated) Term ends Mar 11, 2034 · High confidence	In force (reinstated)	Term ends Mar 11, 2034	High confidence
US 9,855,033	Apparatus And Method for Securing Tissue In force Term ends Dec 8, 2034 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 8, 2034	High confidence
US 11,382,618	Apparatus and Method for Securing Tissue In force Term ends Jan 2, 2035 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 2, 2035	High confidence
US D979,057	Fastener In force Term ends Feb 21, 2038 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 21, 2038	High confidence

Also on record, not counted in the 10: 1 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 3 ended at full term. List them

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.

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Published applications

US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.

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