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Systems, Device, and Methods for Joint Fusion

US 10,363,140 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 29, 2020 (Solar Capital Ltd.).

Term ends Mar 11, 2033 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Held by Si-Bone Inc.
Filed Jul 12, 2016 as application 15/208,588 · Granted Jul 30, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Mar 11, 2013
Term ends
Mar 11, 2033
Granted
Jul 30, 2019
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.
1 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
11
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 11, 2013, when application 13/794,542, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 12, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Mar 11, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium 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 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 11, 2033Medium confidence

This family

Application 13/794,542Abandoned
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Application 14/216,790Abandoned
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Application 14/216,938Abandoned
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Application 14/217,008Abandoned
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Application 14/217,089Abandoned
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US 10,363,140this patent
Mar 2033
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US 11,471,286In force
Mar 2033
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US 11,672,664In force
Mar 2033
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8 of 11 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Apr 25, 2017
Reel 42143, frame 74
Mauldin, Richard G.; Rashbaum, Ralph F.; Reiley, Mark A.; Yerby, Scott A.; Sand, Paul; Schneider, Bret W.; Rodriguez, Jose; Domingo, Nicanor; Leung, JoanneSi-Bone Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 27, 2017
Reel 43975, frame 669
Si-Bone, Inc.Biopharma Credit Investments IV Sub LPSecurity Interest
May 29, 2020
Reel 52794, frame 423
Biopharma Credit Investments IV Sub LPSi-Bone, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral at Reel/Frame No. 043975/0669
May 29, 2020
Reel 52795, frame 289
Si-Bone, Inc.Solar Capital Ltd., as Collateral AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Aug 12, 2021
Reel 57182, frame 104
SLR Investment Corp. (F/K/A Solar Capital Ltd., as Collateral Agent)Si-Bone, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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