Surrendered on reissue May 29, 2018 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 25, 2030
Surrendered on reissue May 29, 2018 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE46,872 and US RE47,682.
Held by Orthovita, Inc.
Filed May 16, 2014 as application 14/280,277 · Granted Mar 10, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Surrendered May 29, 2018
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jun 25, 2010
Jun 25, 2010
No longer in force
May 29, 2018
May 29, 2018
Granted
Mar 10, 2015
Mar 10, 2015
Term would have run to
Jun 25, 2030
Jun 25, 2030
base term
after the term ends
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.
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Maintenance fees paid
Fees paid on this patent before its reissue. Those after fall due on the reissue, which carries the term on.
13
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: Low. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| 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 May 16, 2014) | Jun 25, 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 | No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds; the fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case" | no change | Low confidence |
| Reissue | US RE46,872 and US RE47,682 issued May 29, 2018, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252) | surrendered May 29, 2018 | High confidence |
| Surrendered on reissue | The steps above, in order | May 29, 2018 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 8,361,102 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| US 8,545,531 | In force 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 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2014 Reel 33423, frame 491 | Geist, Wyatt Drake; Geist, Arden Allen, SR. | 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 |
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Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
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