Term ends Feb 25, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 25, 2030
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Zimmer Inc.
Filed Sep 13, 2016 as application 15/264,434 · Granted Aug 21, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Feb 25, 2010
Feb 25, 2010
Term ends
Feb 25, 2030
Feb 25, 2030
Granted
Aug 21, 2018
Aug 21, 2018
base term
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.
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.
12
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: 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 Feb 25, 2010, when application PCT/US2010/025466, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 13, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 25, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium 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 | Feb 25, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,989,460 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| US 9,078,755 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2012/058902 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,675,461 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 10,130,478 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 9,895,230 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 10,052,206 | this patent Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 10,213,311 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2017 Reel 41841, frame 112 | Mahfouz, Mohamed R. | Zimmer Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Feb 2030
Term ends Feb 25, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
28
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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