Also listed on Spinal Elements, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 31, 2024 (Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP).
Term ends Jan 22, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 10, 2024
Held by Spinal Elements, Inc.
Filed Jun 10, 2004 as application 10/865,073 · Granted Dec 7, 2010
Base term plus 1321 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2028
Clock starts
Jun 10, 2004
Jun 10, 2004
Term ends
Jan 22, 2028
Jan 22, 2028
Granted
Dec 7, 2010
Dec 7, 2010
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
1,321
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
12
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 1321 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Jun 10, 2004, when this application, 10/865,073, was filed | Jun 10, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1321 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 22, 2028 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 22, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,846,183 | this patent Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 9,504,583 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 7,998,172 | Term ended Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 8,858,597 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,998,953 | Term ended Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 8,740,942 | Term ended Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 8,882,804 | Term ended Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 10,085,776 | Term ended Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
8 of 12 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 7, 2005 Reel 16503, frame 681 | Quantum Orthopedics Inc. | Comerica Bank | Security Agreement |
| Nov 7, 2006 Reel 18505, frame 236 | Quantum Orthopedics, Inc. | Spinal Elements, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Nov 2, 2007 Reel 20063, frame 654 | Blain, Jason | Spinal Elements, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 13, 2017 Reel 42247, frame 572 | Spinal Elements, Inc. | Antares Capital LP, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 18, 2017 Reel 42369, frame 295 | Spinal Elements, Inc. | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as Agent | Security Interest |
| May 26, 2017 Reel 42589, frame 492 | Comerica Bank | Spinal Elements Inc. Formerly Known as Quantum Orthopedics Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 10, 2020 Reel 52372, frame 207 | Spinal Elements, Inc. | Amendia, Inc. | Merger |
| Apr 17, 2020 Reel 52919, frame 70 | Amendia, Inc. | Spinal Elements, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 31, 2024 Reel 67596, frame 295 | Spinal Elements, Inc.; Custom Spine Acquisition, Inc.; Omni Acquisition Inc. | Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP | Security Interest |
| Jun 3, 2024 Reel 67605, frame 626 | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Spinal Elements, Inc. (F.K.A. Amendia, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 3, 2024 Reel 67605, frame 676 | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as Agent | Spinal Elements, Inc. (F.K.A. Amendia, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Jan 2028
Term ends Jan 22, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1321 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
646
later US patents cite this one
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