Term ended Sep 26, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 26, 2026
Held by VB Spine LLC
Filed May 1, 2014 as application 14/267,363 · Granted Oct 20, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Sep 26, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Sep 26, 2006
Sep 26, 2006
Term ended
Sep 26, 2026
Sep 26, 2026
Granted
Oct 20, 2015
Oct 20, 2015
base term
after the term ends
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,846,093, US 8,298,138, US 8,734,338, to Sep 26, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
6
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Sep 26, 2006, when application 11/528,223, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 1, 2014) | Sep 26, 2026 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,846,093, US 8,298,138, US 8,734,338) | resolves to Sep 26, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 26, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,846,093 | In force Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2007/010716 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,298,138 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,734,338 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 9,161,779 | this patent Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 9,510,858 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2014 Reel 32925, frame 80 | Gorek, Josef; Kostuik, John; Picetti, George; Strauss, Kevin R.; Barrus, Mike; McClintock, Larry; Woods, Richard W. | K2M, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 22, 2014 Reel 34034, frame 97 | K2M, Inc.; K2M Unlimited; K2M Holdings, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | First Amendment to Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 11, 2015 Reel 37091, frame 221 | K2M, Inc.; K2M Holdings, Inc.; K2M UK Limited | Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative Agent | Second Amendment to Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 8, 2016 Reel 39627, frame 659 | K2M, Inc.; K2M Holdings, Inc.; K2M UK Limited | Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative Agent | Third Amendment to Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 9, 2018 Reel 47496, frame 1 | Silicon Valley Bank | K2M, Inc.; K2M Holdings, Inc.; K2M UK Limited | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 9, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank | K2M, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 9, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank | K2M Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 9, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank | K2M UK Limited | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 16, 2025 Reel 71682, frame 116 | K2M, Inc.; VB Spine US Opco LLC; VB Spine LLC | Ankura Trust Company, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 8, 2025 Reel 72340, frame 397 | K2M, Inc.; VB Spine US Opco LLC | Texas Capital Bank, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2026 Reel 75801, frame 592 | K2M, Inc. | VB Spine LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,846,093, US 8,298,138, US 8,734,338, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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
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