Term ends Apr 16, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 5, 2030
Held by Stryker Corporation
Filed Sep 26, 2022 as application 17/935,174 · Granted Sep 2, 2025
Base term plus 528 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2032
Clock starts
Nov 5, 2010
Nov 5, 2010
Term ends
Apr 16, 2032
Apr 16, 2032
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Sep 2, 2025
base term
patent term adjustment
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
528
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
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 528 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 1 maintenance fees are 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 Sep 26, 2022) | Nov 5, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +528 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 16, 2032 | 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 | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 16, 2032 | 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 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 12,403,021 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 2022 Reel 62067, frame 325 | Chamberlin, Chris; Diehl, Eric K.; Bernero, John; Lam, Vincent; Orand, Austin | M3 Design Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 13, 2022 Reel 62067, frame 382 | Veldkamp, David; Heffernan, Eric M. | Tekna Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 13, 2022 Reel 62067, frame 418 | Stratton, Dennis A.; Goldenberg, David S. | Stryker Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 13, 2022 Reel 62068, frame 232 | Tekna Inc. | Stryker Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 13, 2022 Reel 62068, frame 272 | 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
Apr 2032
Term ends Apr 16, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 528 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
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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.