Term ends Aug 30, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 25, 2030
Held by Zimmer, Inc.
Filed Aug 24, 2011 as application 13/203,012 · Granted Mar 24, 2015
Base term plus 551 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Feb 25, 2010
Feb 25, 2010
Term ends
Aug 30, 2031
Aug 30, 2031
Granted
Mar 24, 2015
Mar 24, 2015
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
551
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
12
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 551 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Feb 25, 2010, when application PCT/US2010/025466, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 24, 2011) | Feb 25, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +551 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 30, 2031 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 30, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,989,460 | this patent Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| US 9,078,755 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2012/058902 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,675,461 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 10,130,478 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 9,895,230 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 10,052,206 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 10,213,311 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2011 Reel 27197, frame 950 | Mahfouz, Mohamed Rashwan | Zimmer, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2031
Term ends Aug 30, 2031.
Note
The 551 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
177
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2015 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.