Term ends Sep 17, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 5, 2030
Held by Stryker Corporation
Filed Jan 30, 2020 as application 16/777,277 · Granted Sep 27, 2022
Base term plus 316 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Nov 5, 2010
Nov 5, 2010
Term ends
Sep 17, 2031
Sep 17, 2031
Granted
Sep 27, 2022
Sep 27, 2022
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
316
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 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.
7
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 316 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Nov 5, 2010, when application PCT/US2010/055646, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 30, 2020) | Nov 5, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +316 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 17, 2031 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 17, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2010/055646 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,672,942 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 9,370,436 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 10,045,863 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 10,588,757 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 11,452,621 | this patent Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 12,403,021 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
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 2, 2020 Reel 52064, frame 788 | Chamberlin, Chris; Diehl, Eric K.; Bernero, John; Lam, Vincent; Orand, Austin | M3 Design Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 2, 2020 Reel 52065, frame 434 | Veldkamp, David; Heffernan, Eric M. | Tekna Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 2, 2020 Reel 52065, frame 579 | Stratton, Dennis A.; Goldenberg, David S. | Stryker Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 2, 2020 Reel 52065, frame 746 | Tekna Inc. | Stryker Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 2, 2020 Reel 52065, frame 753 | M3 Design Inc. | Stryker Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 18, 2024 Reel 69737, frame 184 | Stryker Corporation | Stryker Corporation | Change of Address |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2031
Term ends Sep 17, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 316 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2022 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.