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System for Binding Bone

US 9,241,748 In force
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Term ends Jan 6, 2034 · High confidence

Held by Acumed LLC
Filed Apr 30, 2013 as application 13/874,171 · Granted Jan 26, 2016
Base term plus 251 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2034
Clock starts
Apr 30, 2013
Term ends
Jan 6, 2034
Granted
Jan 26, 2016
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
251
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 251 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 30, 2013, when this application, 13/874,171, was filedApr 30, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+251 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 6, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 6, 2034High confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Oct 29, 2014
Reel 34062, frame 296
Bernstein, Oren S.; Gillard, Joel; Russi, Sara; Seykora, Andrew W.; Knight, MariahAcute Innovations LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 15, 2024
Reel 67109, frame 145
Acute Innovations LLCAcumed LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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