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Shape changing bone implant and method of use for enhancing healing

US 10,448,979 Surrendered on reissue
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Surrendered on reissue Sep 26, 2023 · From the USPTO record

Surrendered on reissue Sep 26, 2023 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE49,667.

No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.
Filed Oct 10, 2012 as application 14/351,032 · Granted Oct 22, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 721 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Surrendered Sep 26, 2023
2012 2034
Clock starts
Oct 10, 2012
No longer in force
Sep 26, 2023
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Term would have run to
Oct 1, 2034
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
721
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Fees paid on this patent before its reissue. Those after fall due on the reissue, which carries the term on.

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 10, 2012, when this application, 14/351,032, was filedOct 10, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+721 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 1, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidno changeHigh confidence
ReissueUS RE49,667 issued Sep 26, 2023, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)surrendered Sep 26, 2023High confidence
Surrendered on reissueThe steps above, in orderSep 26, 2023From the USPTO record

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