Also listed on Vertiflex, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 11, 2026 (Varagon Capital Partners Agent, LLC).
Term ends Mar 16, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 20, 2024
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Choice Spine, LLC
Filed Mar 28, 2008 as application 12/079,676 · Granted Sep 17, 2013
Base term plus 1243 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2028
Clock starts
Oct 20, 2004
Oct 20, 2004
Term ends
Mar 16, 2028
Mar 16, 2028
Granted
Sep 17, 2013
Sep 17, 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
1,243
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.
29
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 1243 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 Oct 20, 2004, when application 10/970,366, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 28, 2008); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Oct 20, 2024 | 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 | +1243 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 16, 2028 | 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 16, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,162,985 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| US 8,075,595 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2019 | Dec 2019 |
| US 7,998,175 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2005/038021 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,226,690 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2016 | Jul 2016 |
| US 8,025,680 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2015 | Sep 2015 |
| US 7,935,134 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2015 | May 2015 |
| Application PCT/US2006/028586 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2008 Reel 20879, frame 732 | Altarac, Moti; Reglos, Joey Camia; Hayes, Stanley Kyle | Vertiflex, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 1, 2010 Reel 25081, frame 908 | Vertiflex, Inc. | Exactech, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 22, 2015 Reel 37358, frame 571 | Exactech, Inc.; Altiva, LLC; Brighton Partners, LLC; Exactech U.S., Inc.; Exactech International, LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 1, 2017 Reel 41425, frame 932 | Exactech, Inc. | Choice Spine, LP | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 15, 2018 Reel 45345, frame 933 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Exactech, Inc.; Exactech U.S., Inc.; Altiva, LLC; Brighton Partners, LLC; Exactech International, LLC | Security Release Reel/Frame 037358/0571 |
| Feb 15, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Exactech, Inc. | Security Release Reel/Frame 037358/0571 |
| Feb 15, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Exactech U.S., Inc. | Security Release Reel/Frame 037358/0571 |
| Feb 15, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Altiva, LLC | Security Release Reel/Frame 037358/0571 |
| Feb 15, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Brighton Partners, LLC | Security Release Reel/Frame 037358/0571 |
| Feb 15, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Exactech International, LLC | Security Release Reel/Frame 037358/0571 |
| Nov 21, 2018 Reel 48147, frame 243 | Choice Spine, LP | Choice Spine, LLC | Conversion of Entity |
| Nov 29, 2018 Reel 47618, frame 524 | Choice Spine, LLC | Abacus Finance Group, LLC | Security Interest |
| Feb 11, 2026 Reel 73760, frame 458 | Abacus Finance Group, LLC | Choice Spine, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 11, 2026 Reel 74049, frame 289 | Choice Spine, LLC | Varagon Capital Partners Agent, LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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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
Mar 2028
Term ends Mar 16, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1243 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
250
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.