Also listed on Spinecore, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Aug 9, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended May 24, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by VB Spine LLC
Filed Sep 24, 2020 as application 17/031,303 · Granted May 9, 2023
Base term plus 442 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
May 24, 2006
May 24, 2006
Term ends
Aug 9, 2027
Aug 9, 2027
Granted
May 9, 2023
May 9, 2023
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
442
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.
9
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 442 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 1 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 May 24, 2006, when application 11/439,808, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 24, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | May 24, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +442 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 9, 2027 | 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 | Aug 9, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,777,959 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 9,095,451 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 9,226,837 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 9,782,272 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 9,622,882 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 9,526,634 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 10,213,322 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 10,835,389 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2020 Reel 54313, frame 3 | Errico, Joseph P.; Dudasik, Michael W.; Errico, Thomas J.; Zubok, Rafail | Spinecore, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 10, 2020 Reel 54324, frame 926 | Spinecore, Inc. | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | Merger |
| May 8, 2025 Reel 71224, frame 768 | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | VB Spine US Opco LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 16, 2025 Reel 71682, frame 116 | K2M, Inc.; VB Spine US Opco LLC; VB Spine LLC | Ankura Trust Company, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 8, 2025 Reel 72340, frame 397 | K2M, Inc.; VB Spine US Opco LLC | Texas Capital Bank, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2026 Reel 75812, frame 865 | VB Spine US Opco LLC | VB Spine LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Aug 2027
Term ends Aug 9, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 442 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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.