Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 16, 2016 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ended Feb 27, 2024 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 27, 2024
Held by NuVasive, Inc.
Filed Dec 7, 2009 as application 12/632,373 · Granted Feb 22, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Feb 27, 2024
2004
2026
Clock starts
Feb 27, 2004
Feb 27, 2004
Term ended
Feb 27, 2024
Feb 27, 2024
Granted
Feb 22, 2011
Feb 22, 2011
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,691,057, to Feb 27, 2024. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
8
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Feb 27, 2004, when application 10/789,797, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 7, 2009) | Feb 27, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,691,057) | resolves to Feb 27, 2024, no earlier than this term, so no change | High 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 | Feb 27, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,819,801 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 7,892,173 | this patent Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 |
| US 8,303,498 | Term ended Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 8,550,994 | Term ended Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| US 8,696,559 | Term ended Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| US 9,468,405 | Term ended Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| Application 15/284,797 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,219,437 | Term ended Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
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 14, 2009 Reel 23647, frame 664 | Miles, Patrick; Martinelli, Scot; Finley, Eric; Gharib, James; Farquhar, Allen; Kaula, Norbert F.; Goretti Medeiros, Executor for Jeffrey J. Blewett (Deceased) | NuVasive, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 16, 2016 Reel 40634, frame 404 | NuVasive, Inc.; Impulse Monitoring, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| May 17, 2017 Reel 42490, frame 236 | NuVasive, Inc.; Biotronic National, LLC; NuVasive Clinical Services Monitoring, Inc.; NuVasive Clinical Services, Inc.; NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| Feb 28, 2020 Reel 52918, frame 595 | NuVasive, Inc.; NuVasive Clinical Services Monitoring, Inc.; NuVasive Clinical Services, Inc.; NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,691,057, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
295
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2011 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
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