Also listed on Simplex Designs, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Oct 23, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 5, 2039
Held by DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company
Filed Jun 5, 2019 as application 16/431,879 · Granted Dec 7, 2021
Base term plus 140 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Jun 5, 2019
Jun 5, 2019
Term ends
Oct 23, 2039
Oct 23, 2039
Granted
Dec 7, 2021
Dec 7, 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
140
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
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
14
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 140 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 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 Jun 5, 2019, when this application, 16/431,879, was filed | Jun 5, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +140 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 23, 2039 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 23, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,191,651 | this patent Oct 2039 | Oct 2039 |
| Application PCT/US2020/027692 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,938,032 | In force Jan 2041 | Jan 2041 |
| US 12,642,668 | In force Nov 2041 | Nov 2041 |
| US 11,890,204 | In force Aug 2039 | Aug 2039 |
| Application PCT/US2022/012238 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 17/628,453 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2022/013102 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2021 Reel 56096, frame 449 | Rivera, Jose S., JR. | Rivera Surgical LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 14, 2021 Reel 56246, frame 360 | Rivera Surgical LLC | Rivera Surgical LLC | Change of Address |
| Jan 10, 2022 Reel 58604, frame 112 | Rivera Surgical LLC | Simplex Designs, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 7, 2025 Reel 70142, frame 549 | Simplex Designs, LLC | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 26, 2025 Reel 70634, frame 990 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2039
Term ends Oct 23, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 140 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.