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Spinal Implant Revision Device

US 9,451,994 Surrendered on reissue
OverviewSources & methods

Surrendered on reissue May 15, 2018 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds.

Surrendered on reissue May 15, 2018 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE46,840.

Held by Spinal Elements, Inc.
Filed Jun 30, 2015 as application 14/755,340 · Granted Sep 27, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Surrendered May 15, 2018
2015 2035
Clock starts
Jun 30, 2015
No longer in force
May 15, 2018
Granted
Sep 27, 2016
Term would have run to
Jun 30, 2035
base term after the term ends 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
Not on record
Maintenance fees
USPTO's record of this patent carries no fee events. A gap in the record, not evidence of lapse.

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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 filingClock starts Jun 30, 2015, when this application, 14/755,340, was filedJun 30, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo fee events in USPTO's record of this patent. A gap in the record, not evidence of lapseno changeMedium confidence
ReissueUS RE46,840 issued May 15, 2018, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)surrendered May 15, 2018High confidence
Surrendered on reissueThe steps above, in orderMay 15, 2018Medium confidence

Sources

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