Also listed on TSO3 Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Sep 29, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 29, 2030
Held by Stryker Corporation
Filed Aug 25, 2016 as application 15/247,450 · Granted Aug 20, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Sep 29, 2010
Sep 29, 2010
Term ends
Sep 29, 2030
Sep 29, 2030
Granted
Aug 20, 2019
Aug 20, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,101,679, US 9,474,815, to Sep 29, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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.
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. 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 Sep 29, 2010, when application 12/893,742, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 25, 2016) | Sep 29, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,101,679, US 9,474,815) | resolves to Sep 29, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 29, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,101,679 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 9,480,763 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 9,474,815 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| US 9,402,928 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 9,480,764 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 9,480,765 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 9,427,485 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 9,814,795 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2016 Reel 39621, frame 1 | Dufresne, Sylvie; Martel, Cynthia; Leblond, Helene; Dassie, Nancy; Martel, Karine | TSO3 Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 2, 2022 Reel 59840, frame 81 | TSO3, Inc. | Stryker Corporation | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Dec 18, 2024 Reel 69737, frame 184 | Stryker Corporation | Stryker Corporation | Change of Address |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2030
Term ends Sep 29, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,101,679, US 9,474,815, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.