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Systems, Devices, and Methods for Joint Fusion

US 11,471,286 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Mar 11, 2033 · High confidence

Held by Si-Bone Inc.
Filed Jul 26, 2019 as application 16/523,992 · Granted Oct 18, 2022
Base term plus 345 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Mar 11, 2013
Term ends
Mar 11, 2033
Granted
Oct 18, 2022
base term 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
345
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,363,140.
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.
11
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 345 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 11, 2013, when application 13/794,542, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 26, 2019)Mar 11, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+345 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 19, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,363,140)capped to Mar 11, 2033High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 11, 2033High confidence

This family

Application 13/794,542Abandoned
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Application 14/216,790Abandoned
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Application 14/216,938Abandoned
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Application 14/217,008Abandoned
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Application 14/217,089Abandoned
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US 10,363,140In force
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
US 11,471,286this patent
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
US 11,672,664In force
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
8 of 11 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 29, 2020
Reel 52795, frame 289
Si-Bone, Inc.Solar Capital Ltd., as Collateral AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Aug 12, 2021
Reel 57182, frame 104
SLR Investment Corp. (F/K/A Solar Capital Ltd., as Collateral Agent)Si-Bone, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Apr 1, 2022
Reel 59472, frame 751
Mauldin, Richard G.; Rashbaum, Ralph F.; Reiley, Mark A.; Yerby, Scott A.; Sand, Paul; Schneider, Bret W.; Rodriguez, Jose; Domingo, Nicanor; Leung, JoanneSi-Bone Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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