Term ends Jun 14, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 13, 2028
Filed Jun 16, 2014 as application 14/305,311 · Granted Jun 15, 2021
Base term plus 458 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Mar 13, 2008
Mar 13, 2008
Term ends
Jun 14, 2029
Jun 14, 2029
Granted
Jun 15, 2021
Jun 15, 2021
base term
patent term adjustment
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
458
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 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
4
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 runs 458 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 1 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 Mar 13, 2008, when application PCT/IL2008/000347, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 16, 2014) | Mar 13, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +458 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 14, 2029 | 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 | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 14, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,753,390 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 11,033,398 | this patent Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 12,521,249 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
3 of 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 2015 Reel 34636, frame 463 | Shohat, Shaul | Ortho-Space Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 19, 2016 Reel 40423, frame 354 | Ortho-Space Ltd. | Ortho-Space Ltd. | Change of Address for Assignee |
| Jan 18, 2019 Reel 48062, frame 920 | Shohat, Shaul | Bioprotect Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 18, 2019 Reel 48062, frame 948 | Bioprotect Ltd. | Ortho-Space Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 22, 2021 Reel 56947, frame 713 | Ortho-Space Ltd. | Stryker European Operations Limited | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2029
Term ends Jun 14, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 458 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2021 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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