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Surgical Orientation Device and Method

US 8,057,482 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 23, 2024 (CRG Servicing LLC).

Term ends Nov 29, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Jun 9, 2004 as application 10/864,085 · Granted Nov 15, 2011
Base term plus 903 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2004 2026
Clock starts
Jun 9, 2004
Term ends
Nov 29, 2026
Granted
Nov 15, 2011
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
903
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.
7
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 903 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 9, 2004, when this application, 10/864,085, was filedJun 9, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+903 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 29, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 29, 2026High confidence

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US 8,057,482this patent
Nov 2026
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US 7,559,931Term ended
Dec 2025
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US 8,888,786In force
May 2028
May 2028
Application 12/369,683Abandoned
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Application 12/369,693Abandoned
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US 8,057,479Term ended
Jun 2024
Jun 2024
US 8,974,467Term 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Oct 1, 2004
Reel 15207, frame 48
Stone, A. Curt; Russial, Joseph F.Vitruvian Orthopaedics, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 4, 2008
Reel 21929, frame 748
Vitruvian Orthopaedics, Inc.Orthalign, Inc.Change of Name
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 LLCSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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