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Vertebral Facet Joint Prosthesis and Method of Fixation

US 10,085,776 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 31, 2024 (Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP).

Term ended Jun 10, 2024 · High confidence

Filed Sep 29, 2014 as application 14/499,876 · Granted Oct 2, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Jun 10, 2024
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Jun 10, 2004
Term ended
Jun 10, 2024
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Oct 2, 2018
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 10, 2004, when application 10/865,073, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 29, 2014)Jun 10, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 10, 2024High confidence

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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
Apr 13, 2017
Reel 42247, frame 572
Spinal Elements, Inc.Antares Capital LP, as AgentSecurity Interest
Apr 18, 2017
Reel 42369, frame 295
Spinal Elements, Inc.Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as AgentSecurity Interest
May 24, 2018
Reel 45897, frame 375
Blain, JasonSpinal Elements, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 10, 2020
Reel 52372, frame 207
Spinal Elements, Inc.Amendia, Inc.Merger
Apr 17, 2020
Reel 52919, frame 70
Amendia, Inc.Spinal Elements, Inc.Change of Name
May 31, 2024
Reel 67596, frame 295
Spinal Elements, Inc.; Custom Spine Acquisition, Inc.; Omni Acquisition Inc.Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LPSecurity Interest
Jun 3, 2024
Reel 67605, frame 626
Antares Capital LP, as Administrative AgentSpinal Elements, Inc. (F.K.A. Amendia, Inc.)Release of Security Interest
Jun 3, 2024
Reel 67605, frame 676
Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as AgentSpinal Elements, Inc. (F.K.A. Amendia, Inc.)Release of Security Interest

Sources

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