Term ends Jan 19, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 22, 2029
No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.
Filed Oct 22, 2009 as application 12/604,099 · Granted Jan 17, 2012
Base term plus 89 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Oct 22, 2009
Oct 22, 2009
Term ends
Jan 19, 2030
Jan 19, 2030
Granted
Jan 17, 2012
Jan 17, 2012
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
89
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.
23
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 89 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 Oct 22, 2009, when this application, 12/604,099, was filed | Oct 22, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +89 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 19, 2030 | 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 19, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,918,887 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 8,099,168 | this patent Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 8,906,027 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 8,372,147 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,372,153 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,444,654 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 8,449,556 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 8,594,796 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
8 of 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2020 Reel 54365, frame 169 | Orthosensor, Inc. | Stryker Corporation | Security Interest |
| Dec 18, 2024 Reel 69737, frame 184 | Stryker Corporation | Stryker Corporation | Change of Address |
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.
What's changing
Jan 2030
Term ends Jan 19, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 89 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
99
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2012 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.