Term ends May 26, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 1, 2025
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Neuropro Technologies, Inc.
Filed Jul 10, 2006 as application 11/484,379 · Granted May 29, 2012
Base term plus 571 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2027
Clock starts
Nov 1, 2005
Nov 1, 2005
Term ends
May 26, 2027
May 26, 2027
Granted
May 29, 2012
May 29, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
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
571
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.
10
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 571 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Nov 1, 2005, when application 11/264,958, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 10, 2006); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 1, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +571 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 26, 2027 | 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 | May 26, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,727,280 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 8,187,332 | this patent May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 8,597,360 | Term ended Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2013/042066 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,186,262 | Term ended Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| US 9,974,665 | Term ended Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| US 10,682,240 | Term ended Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| US 11,583,414 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2006 Reel 18094, frame 88 | McLuen, Gary R. | McLuen Design, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 23, 2014 Reel 33216, frame 809 | McLuen Design, Inc. | Neuropro Spinal Jaxx, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 12, 2019 Reel 48576, frame 492 | Neuropro Spinal Jaxx Inc. | U.S. Eagle Federal Credit Union | Security Interest |
| Mar 19, 2025 Reel 70559, frame 738 | Neuropro Spinal Jaxx Inc. | U.S. Eagle Federal Credit Union | Security Interest |
| May 7, 2025 Reel 71231, frame 789 | Neuropro Spinal Jaxx Inc. | U.S. Eagle Federal Credit Union | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Punctuation on the Name of the Conveying Party , Add RD Ne to Address of Receiving Party and Remove Patent Numbers 8597360 and 9186262 Previously Recorded on Reel 48576 Frame 492. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest. |
| Aug 4, 2025 Reel 71922, frame 846 | U.S. Eagle Federal Credit Union | Neuropro Spinal Jaxx Inc.; Neuropro Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Eagle Federal Credit Union | Neuropro Spinal Jaxx Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Eagle Federal Credit Union | Neuropro Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 23, 2026 Reel 76129, frame 489 | Neuropro Spinal Jaxx, Inc. | Neuropro Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2027
Term ends May 26, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 571 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
836
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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