Also listed on Benvenue Medical, 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 Mar 8, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 21, 2028
Held by Spinal Elements, Inc.
Filed Feb 21, 2008 as application 12/035,298 · Granted Jun 4, 2013
Base term plus 1111 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2031
Clock starts
Feb 21, 2008
Feb 21, 2008
Term ends
Mar 8, 2031
Mar 8, 2031
Granted
Jun 4, 2013
Jun 4, 2013
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
1,111
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.
7
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 1111 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 Feb 21, 2008, when this application, 12/035,298, was filed | Feb 21, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1111 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 8, 2031 | 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 | Mar 8, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,454,617 | this patent Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 8,968,408 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| US 9,642,712 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| US 10,285,821 | In force Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
| US 10,575,963 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 10,426,629 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| Application 16/366,381 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2008 Reel 21087, frame 655 | Schaller, Laurent; McGrath, Timothy; Connolly, Ryan; Needleman, David; Golden, Steven; Ashley, John; Lee, James; Emery, Jeffrey; Burley, J. Brook | Benvenue Medical, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 18, 2015 Reel 37334, frame 292 | Benvenue Medical, Inc. | CRG Servicing LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 3, 2021 Reel 55480, frame 6 | Benvenue (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLC | Spinal Elements, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 3, 2021 Reel 55480, frame 516 | Benvenue Medical, Inc. | Benvenue (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 31, 2024 Reel 67596, frame 295 | Spinal Elements, Inc.; Custom Spine Acquisition, Inc.; Omni Acquisition Inc. | Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2031
Term ends Mar 8, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1111 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
263
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2013 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.