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Shoulder Implant For Simulating A Bursa

US 12,521,249 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Bioprotect Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jun 14, 2029 · High confidence

Filed May 14, 2021 as application 17/320,869 · Granted Jan 13, 2026
Base term plus 910 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2029
Clock starts
Mar 13, 2008
Term ends
Jun 14, 2029
Granted
Jan 13, 2026
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
910
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 11,033,398.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.
4
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 910 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. No maintenance fee can end this term early. 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 13, 2008, when application PCT/IL2008/000347, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 14, 2021)Mar 13, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+910 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 9, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,033,398)capped to Jun 14, 2029High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo maintenance fee can end the term earlyIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 14, 2029High confidence

This family

US 8,753,390In force
Mar 2030
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US 11,033,398In force
Jun 2029
Jun 2029
US 12,521,249this patent
Jun 2029
Jun 2029
3 of 4 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
Jul 30, 2021
Reel 57029, frame 797
Shohat, ShaulBioprotect Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 2, 2021
Reel 57050, frame 720
Shohat, ShaulOrtho-Space Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 2, 2021
Reel 57050, frame 791
Ortho-Space Ltd.Ortho-Space Ltd.Change of Address for Assignee
Aug 3, 2021
Reel 57062, frame 237
Bioprotect Ltd.Ortho-Space Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 4, 2021
Reel 57075, frame 423
Ortho-Space Ltd.Stryker European Operations LimitedNunc Pro Tunc Assignment

Sources

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

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