Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 25, 2024 (Barclays Bank PLC).

Term ends Sep 4, 2042 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by Hanger, Inc.

Filed Dec 10, 2021 as application 17/547,507 · Granted Aug 25, 2026

Base term plus 268 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Sep 4, 2042

2021 2042

Clock starts
Dec 10, 2021

Term ends
Sep 4, 2042

Granted
Aug 25, 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

268

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 3

Maintenance fees paid

Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.

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 268 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 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 Dec 10, 2021, when this application, 17/547,507, was filed	Dec 10, 2041	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+268 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Sep 4, 2042	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 3 maintenance fees paid	In force	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Sep 4, 2042	High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2017/015981	PCT application no patent term	no patent term
US 11,058,557	In force May 2037	May 2037
US 12,150,870	In force Jan 2039	Jan 2039
Application 17/547,500	Abandoned not computed	not computed
US 12,714,581	this patent Sep 2042	Sep 2042
Application PCT/US2023/032048	PCT application no patent term	no patent term
Application PCT/US2023/036863	PCT application no patent term	no patent term
US 12,594,173	In force Feb 2037	Feb 2037

8 of 14 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
Apr 5, 2022 Reel 59501, frame 935	Flores, Aaron; Dias, Antonio; Mieth, Justin	Hanger, Inc.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 3, 2022 Reel 61592, frame 151	Accelerated Care Plus Corp.; Hanger, Inc.; Linkia, LLC; Mmar Medical Group, Inc.; Southern Prosthetic Supply, Inc.; The Orthotic and Prosthetic Centers, LLC	Ares Capital Corporation	Intellectual Property Security Agreement (1ST Lien)
Oct 3, 2022 Reel 61592, frame 767	Accelerated Care Plus Corp.; Hanger, Inc.; Linkia, LLC; Mmar Medical Group, Inc.; Southern Prosthetic Supply, Inc.; The Orthotic and Prosthetic Centers, LLC	Ares Capital Corporation	Intellectual Property Security Agreement (2ND Lien)
Oct 24, 2024 Reel 69268, frame 612	Ares Capital Corporation	Accelerated Care Plus Corp.; Hanger, Inc.; Linkia, LLC; Mmar Medical Group, Inc.; Southern Prosthetic Supply; The Orthotic and Prosthetic Centers, LLC	Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement (2ND Lien)
Oct 24, 2024 reel/frame not recorded	Ares Capital Corporation	Accelerated Care Plus Corp.	Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement (2ND Lien)
Oct 24, 2024 reel/frame not recorded	Ares Capital Corporation	Hanger, Inc.	Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement (2ND Lien)
Oct 24, 2024 reel/frame not recorded	Ares Capital Corporation	Linkia, LLC	Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement (2ND Lien)
Oct 24, 2024 reel/frame not recorded	Ares Capital Corporation	Mmar Medical Group, Inc.	Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement (2ND Lien)
Oct 24, 2024 reel/frame not recorded	Ares Capital Corporation	Southern Prosthetic Supply	Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement (2ND Lien)
Oct 24, 2024 reel/frame not recorded	Ares Capital Corporation	The Orthotic and Prosthetic Centers, LLC	Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement (2ND Lien)
Oct 25, 2024 Reel 69016, frame 80	Hanger, Inc.	Barclays Bank PLC, as Collateral Agent	Security Interest

Sources

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

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What's changing

Sep 2042

Term ends Sep 4, 2042. Maintenance fees still fall due before then

Note

The 268 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us

Citations

We have no citation count for this patent yet. That is not the same as never having been cited.

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.

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