Also listed on Orthoaccel Technologies, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Feb 9, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 9, 2030
Filed Oct 5, 2011 as application 13/057,964 · Granted Apr 29, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Feb 9, 2010
Feb 9, 2010
Term ends
Feb 9, 2030
Feb 9, 2030
Granted
Apr 29, 2014
Apr 29, 2014
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.
2
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: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 9, 2010, when application PCT/US2010/023635, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 5, 2011) | Feb 9, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High 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 | Feb 9, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2010/023635 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,708,701 | this patent Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2011 Reel 27016, frame 809 | Levens, Lawrence; Tarver, W. Brent | Orthoaccel Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 6, 2013 Reel 31597, frame 440 | Orthoaccel Technologies, Inc. | Comerica Bank | Security Agreement |
| Feb 1, 2015 Reel 34861, frame 262 | Comerica Bank | Orthoaccel Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 21, 2017 Reel 42090, frame 754 | Orthoaccel Technologies, Inc. | Pacific Western Bank | Security Interest |
| May 20, 2020 Reel 52712, frame 335 | Orthoaccel Technologies, Inc. | Orthoaccel Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 20, 2020 Reel 52712, frame 662 | Orthoaccel Holdings, LLC | Advanced Orthodontics and Education Association, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2030
Term ends Feb 9, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
33
later US patents cite this one
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