Also listed on Safe Wire Holding, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jun 25, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 25, 2030
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by VB Spine LLC
Filed Mar 1, 2011 as application 13/037,947 · Granted Oct 1, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jun 25, 2010
Jun 25, 2010
Term ends
Jun 25, 2030
Jun 25, 2030
Granted
Oct 1, 2013
Oct 1, 2013
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
13
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 Jun 25, 2010, when application 12/823,791, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 1, 2011); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 25, 2030 | 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 | None on file | no change | 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 25, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,361,102 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| US 8,545,531 | this patent Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 8,540,676 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 8,540,747 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 8,728,111 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 8,715,311 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 8,979,889 | Surrendered on reissue May 2018 | May 2018 |
| US 8,974,485 | Surrendered on reissue May 2018 | May 2018 |
8 of 13 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 28, 2011 Reel 26192, frame 362 | Geist, Wyatt Drake; Geist, SR., Arden Allen | Safe Wire Holding, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 18, 2016 Reel 38636, frame 487 | Safewire, LLC; Safe Wire Holding, LLC | Orthovita, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 1, 2023 Reel 65734, frame 863 | Orthovita, Inc. | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 7, 2023 Reel 65819, frame 377 | Orthovita, Inc. | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignment Execution Date from 11/8/2020 to 11/8/2023 Previously Recorded on Reel 065734 Frame 0863. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Sep 23, 2025 Reel 72925, frame 848 | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | VB Spine US Opco LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 8, 2025 Reel 73031, frame 754 | Stryker European Holdings I, LLC; Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC; Stryker Corporation; Stryker European Operations Limited; Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | VB Spine US Opco LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 23, 2026 Reel 75812, frame 865 | VB Spine US Opco LLC | VB Spine LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2030
Term ends Jun 25, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
49
later US patents cite this one
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