Term ended no later than Jun 14, 2021 · Low confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 2, 2020
Held by Arthrex, Inc.
Filed Sep 30, 2003 as application 10/673,235 · Granted May 1, 2007
Base term plus 498 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Ended no later than Jun 14, 2021
2000
2026
Clock starts
Feb 2, 2000
Feb 2, 2000
Ended no later than
Jun 14, 2021
Jun 14, 2021
Granted
May 1, 2007
May 1, 2007
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
498
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
3 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.
22
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 498 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: Low. 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 Feb 2, 2000, when application 09/495,816, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 30, 2003); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 2, 2020 | 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 | +498 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 14, 2021 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Jun 14, 2021 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 7,226,469 | Term ended Oct 2020 | Oct 2020 |
| US 7,211,088 | this patent no later than Jun 2021 | no later than Jun 2021 |
| US 8,343,186 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 9,521,999 | Term ended Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| Application 11/299,666 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2006/035239 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,821,541 | Term ended no later than Nov 2022 | no later than Nov 2022 |
| US 8,764,797 | Term ended Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
8 of 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2003 Reel 14551, frame 520 | Grafton, R. Donald; Chao, David J. | Arthrex, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 498 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Jun 14, 2021. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
111
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2007 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.