Lapsed Dec 6, 2023 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 26, 2026
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 7,985,256), so the cap could be lower.
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
Filed Mar 28, 2007 as application 11/692,800 · Granted Dec 6, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1207 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Dec 6, 2023
2006
2030
Clock starts
Sep 26, 2006
Sep 26, 2006
No longer in force
Dec 6, 2023
Dec 6, 2023
Granted
Dec 6, 2011
Dec 6, 2011
Term would have run to
Jan 15, 2030
Jan 15, 2030
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,207
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,985,256, to Jan 15, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 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.
10
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jan 15, 2030: its 20-year base term plus 1207 days of term 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. Confidence: Medium. 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 Sep 26, 2006, when application 11/535,432, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 28, 2007) | Sep 26, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1207 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 15, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,985,256) | resolves to Jan 15, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Dec 6, 2023 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 6, 2023 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,985,256 | In force no later than May 2030 | no later than May 2030 |
| US 8,070,813 | this patent Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
| Application 11/981,452 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,394,143 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 8,454,695 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 8,480,741 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| US 9,028,550 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 9,814,600 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2007 Reel 19745, frame 74 | Grotz, M.D., Thomas; Pretti, Rudy | Innvotec Surgical, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 14, 2010 Reel 24686, frame 21 | Innvotec Surgical, Inc. | Coalign Innovations, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 19, 2015 Reel 35667, frame 165 | Coalign Innovations, Inc. | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | Merger |
Sources
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Note
The 1207 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,985,256, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
455
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% 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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