Also listed on Spinal Elements, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 31, 2024 (Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP).
Term ends Nov 23, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 15, 2025
Held by Spinal Elements, Inc.
Filed Apr 22, 2009 as application 12/428,369 · Granted Jul 17, 2012
Base term plus 404 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2026
Clock starts
Oct 15, 2005
Oct 15, 2005
Term ends
Nov 23, 2026
Nov 23, 2026
Granted
Jul 17, 2012
Jul 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
404
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 7,553,307, to Nov 23, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
65
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 404 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 15, 2005, when application 11/251,165, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 22, 2009) | Oct 15, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +404 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 23, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,553,307) | resolves to Nov 23, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Nov 23, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,918,849 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 8,192,435 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 7,553,307 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 7,887,538 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 7,938,830 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2023 | May 2023 |
| US 8,430,881 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 8,048,080 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 7,578,819 | Term ended Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
8 of 65 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 28, 2009 Reel 23166, frame 82 | Bleich, Jeffery L.; Hlavka, Edwin J. | Baxano, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 18, 2013 Reel 31666, frame 526 | Baxano, Inc. | Baxano Surgical, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 11, 2015 Reel 34947, frame 732 | Baxano Surgical, Inc. | Exworks Capital Fund I, L.P. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 11, 2015 Reel 34954, frame 526 | Baxano Surgical, Inc. | Quandary Medical, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 7, 2015 Reel 35613, frame 952 | Exworks Capital Fund I, L.P. | Amendia, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 2, 2016 Reel 38587, frame 753 | Amendia, Inc. | Antares Capital LP, as Agent | Security Interest |
| May 4, 2016 Reel 38606, frame 520 | Amendia, Inc. | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 18, 2017 Reel 44343, frame 94 | Quandary Medical LLC | Mis IP Holdings LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 22, 2019 Reel 51364, frame 541 | Amendia, Inc. | Amendia, Inc. | Assignment Correction Under Mpep 323.01(C) at Reel 034954 Frame 0526. |
| Sep 18, 2019 Reel 51797, frame 221 | Quandary Medical LLC | Schell, Jeffrey | Security Interest |
| Jan 22, 2020 Reel 51665, frame 979 | Spinal Elements, Inc.; Amendia, Inc. | Spinal Elements, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| May 31, 2024 Reel 67596, frame 295 | Spinal Elements, Inc.; Custom Spine Acquisition, Inc.; Omni Acquisition Inc. | Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP | Security Interest |
| Jun 3, 2024 Reel 67605, frame 599 | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Spinal Elements, Inc. (F.K.A. Amendia, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 3, 2024 Reel 67605, frame 676 | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as Agent | Spinal Elements, Inc. (F.K.A. Amendia, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 23, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 404 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 7,553,307, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
128
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
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.