Term ends May 8, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 23, 2027
Held by Advita Ortho, LLC
Filed Sep 29, 2009 as application 12/569,206 · Granted Oct 28, 2014
Base term plus 412 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Mar 23, 2007
Mar 23, 2007
Term ends
May 8, 2028
May 8, 2028
Granted
Oct 28, 2014
Oct 28, 2014
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
412
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.
3
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 412 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 Mar 23, 2007, when application 11/690,516, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 29, 2009) | Mar 23, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +412 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 8, 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 | May 8, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2007/064828 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,233,003 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 8,870,962 | this patent May 2028 | May 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2012 Reel 27779, frame 53 | Exactech, Inc.; Altiva, LLC; Brighton Partners, LLC; Exactech International, LLC | Suntrust Bank | Security Agreement |
| Dec 22, 2015 Reel 37358, frame 511 | Suntrust Bank, As Administrative Agent | Exactech, Inc.; Altiva, LLC; Brighton Partners, LLC; Exactech International, LLC | Release of Security 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 |
| Dec 22, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Suntrust Bank, As Administrative Agent | Exactech, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 22, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Suntrust Bank, As Administrative Agent | Altiva, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 22, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Suntrust Bank, As Administrative Agent | Brighton Partners, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 22, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Suntrust Bank, As Administrative Agent | Exactech International, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 15, 2018 Reel 44943, frame 816 | Exactech, Inc. | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as Collateral Agent | Security 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 |
| Oct 19, 2023 Reel 65285, frame 605 | Exactech, Inc.; Xpandortho, Inc. | TPG VII Osteon Holdings, LP, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Nov 11, 2024 Reel 69335, frame 755 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as the Resigning Agent | Glas USA LLC, as the Successor Agent | Assignment of Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 31, 2025 Reel 73453, frame 390 | Advita Ortho, LLC | Wingspire Capital LLC | Security Interest |
| Nov 27, 2025 Reel 73780, frame 614 | TPG VII Osteon Holdings, LP, as Collateral Agent | Exactech, Inc.; Xpandortho, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral, Recorded on October 19, 2023, at Reel/Frame 065285/0605 |
| Nov 27, 2025 Reel 73780, frame 649 | Glas USA LLC, as Successor Collateral Agent | Exactech, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral, Recorded on February 15, 2018, at Reel/Frame 044943/0816 |
| Nov 27, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | TPG VII Osteon Holdings, LP, as Collateral Agent | Exactech, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral, Recorded on October 19, 2023, at Reel/Frame 065285/0605 |
| Nov 27, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | TPG VII Osteon Holdings, LP, as Collateral Agent | Xpandortho, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral, Recorded on October 19, 2023, at Reel/Frame 065285/0605 |
| Dec 5, 2025 Reel 73895, frame 57 | Advita Ortho, LLC | Glas USA LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jan 14, 2026 Reel 74357, frame 636 | Exactech, Inc. | Advita Ortho, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
May 2028
Term ends May 8, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 412 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
163
later US patents cite this one
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