Term ends Jun 5, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 24, 2027
Held by Smith & Nephew, Inc.
Filed Jan 24, 2007 as application 11/626,735 · Granted Feb 14, 2012
Base term plus 863 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Jan 24, 2007
Jan 24, 2007
Term ends
Jun 5, 2029
Jun 5, 2029
Granted
Feb 14, 2012
Feb 14, 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
863
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.
2
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 863 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 Jan 24, 2007, when this application, 11/626,735, was filed | Jan 24, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +863 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 5, 2029 | 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 | Jun 5, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,114,091 | this patent Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 8,715,363 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2026 | May 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2007 Reel 19025, frame 537 | Ratron, Yves-alain; Cardon, Jean-emmanuel; Judet, Thierry; Colombier, Jean-alain; Bonnin, Michel | Tornier | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 20, 2008 Reel 20963, frame 681 | Tornier | Tornier SAS | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 18, 2015 Reel 37332, frame 380 | Tornier, Inc.; Tornier SAS | Integra Lifesciences Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 17, 2021 Reel 55280, frame 575 | Integra Lifesciences Corporation | Smith & Nephew, Inc.; Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG; Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 17, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Integra Lifesciences Corporation | Smith & Nephew, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 17, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Integra Lifesciences Corporation | Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 17, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Integra Lifesciences Corporation | Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 3, 2021 Reel 56431, frame 422 | Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited; Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG | Smith & Nephew, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2029
Term ends Jun 5, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 863 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
136
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
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