Also listed on Phygen, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Aug 14, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 18, 2032
Held by Aurora Spine, Inc.
Filed Feb 6, 2013 as application 13/761,031 · Granted Jul 12, 2016
Base term plus 57 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Jun 18, 2012
Jun 18, 2012
Term ends
Aug 14, 2032
Aug 14, 2032
Granted
Jul 12, 2016
Jul 12, 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
57
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.
4
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 57 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 Jun 18, 2012, when application 13/526,277, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 6, 2013) | Jun 18, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +57 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 14, 2032 | 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 14, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 13/526,277 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,387,016 | this patent Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 10,143,501 | In force Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| Application 15/499,626 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2013 Reel 30130, frame 54 | Okamoto, Bryan | Phygen, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 12, 2015 Reel 35615, frame 797 | Garner, Ebun | Phygen LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 18, 2016 Reel 38307, frame 124 | Garamszegi, Laszlo | Phygen, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 22, 2016 Reel 40108, frame 202 | Alphatec Holdings, Inc.; Alphatec Spine, Inc. | Globus Medical, Inc. | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Aug 21, 2017 Reel 43347, frame 493 | Northcutt, Trent James; Garamszegi, Laszlo | Aurora Spine, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 21, 2017 Reel 43348, frame 110 | Phygen, LLC | Aurora Spine, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 8, 2018 Reel 47485, frame 84 | Globus Medical, Inc. | Alphatec Holdings, Inc.; Alphatec Spine, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 8, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Globus Medical, Inc. | Alphatec Holdings, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 8, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Globus Medical, Inc. | Alphatec Spine, Inc. | Release of Security 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.
What's changing
Aug 2032
Term ends Aug 14, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 57 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
25
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2016 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.