Lapsed Mar 29, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 5, 2032
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Smith & Nephew, Inc., Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
Filed Jan 6, 2020 as application 16/734,876 · Granted Mar 29, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 263 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Mar 29, 2026
2012
2033
Clock starts
Nov 5, 2012
Nov 5, 2012
No longer in force
Mar 29, 2026
Mar 29, 2026
Granted
Mar 29, 2022
Mar 29, 2022
Term would have run to
Jul 26, 2033
Jul 26, 2033
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
263
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,524,935, US 9,539,115, to Jul 26, 2033. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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.
5
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jul 26, 2033: its 20-year base term plus 263 days of term 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. 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 Nov 5, 2012, when application 13/669,321, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 6, 2020) | Nov 5, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +263 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 26, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,524,935, US 9,539,115) | resolves to Jul 26, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Mar 29, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 29, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,539,115 | In force Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
| US 10,524,935 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 11,285,023 | this patent Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 11,850,170 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| Application 18/389,090 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2020 Reel 52155, frame 427 | Coulange, Vincent; Genna, Sophie; Brunnarius, Yann; Lizee, Emmanuel; Perineau, Christophe; Perineau, Christiaan; Colombier, Jean-alain; Judet, Thierry; Myerson, Mark; Bonnin, Michel | Tornier | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 18, 2020 Reel 52155, frame 442 | Tornier, Inc.; Tornier SAS | Integra Lifesciences Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 17, 2021 Reel 55280, frame 575 | Integra Lifesciences Corporation | Smith & Nephew, Inc.; Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG; Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 17, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Integra Lifesciences Corporation | Smith & Nephew, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 17, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Integra Lifesciences Corporation | Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 17, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Integra Lifesciences Corporation | Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Note
The 263 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,524,935, US 9,539,115, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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