Term ended Jun 9, 2024 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 9, 2024
No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.
Filed Jul 13, 2009 as application 12/502,182 · Granted Nov 15, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Jun 9, 2024
2004
2026
Clock starts
Jun 9, 2004
Jun 9, 2004
Term ended
Jun 9, 2024
Jun 9, 2024
Granted
Nov 15, 2011
Nov 15, 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 7,559,931, to Jun 9, 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.
7
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 Jun 9, 2004, when application 10/864,085, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 13, 2009) | Jun 9, 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 7,559,931) | resolves to Jun 9, 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 | Jun 9, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,057,482 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 7,559,931 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 8,888,786 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| Application 12/369,683 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 12/369,693 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,057,479 | this patent Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 8,974,467 | Term ended Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2011 Reel 27220, frame 325 | Orthalign, Inc. | Research Corporation Technologies, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 30, 2015 Reel 34855, frame 922 | Research Corporation Technologies, Inc. | Orthalign, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 23, 2024 Reel 67528, frame 69 | Orthalign, Inc. | CRG Servicing LLC | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,559,931, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
225
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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