Lapsed Oct 25, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 29, 2030
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Stryker Corporation
Filed Feb 27, 2013 as application 13/779,132 · Granted Oct 25, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 448 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Oct 25, 2024
2010
2031
Clock starts
Sep 29, 2010
Sep 29, 2010
No longer in force
Oct 25, 2024
Oct 25, 2024
Granted
Oct 25, 2016
Oct 25, 2016
Term would have run to
Dec 21, 2031
Dec 21, 2031
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
448
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
11
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Dec 21, 2031: its 20-year base term plus 448 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 29, 2010, when application 12/893,742, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 27, 2013) | Sep 29, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +448 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 21, 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Oct 25, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 25, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,101,679 | In force Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 9,480,763 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 9,474,815 | this patent Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| US 9,402,928 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 9,480,764 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 9,480,765 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 9,427,485 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 9,814,795 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2016 Reel 39527, frame 1 | Leblond, Helene; Dassie, Nancy; Martel, Karine; Dufresne, Sylvie; Martel, Cynthia | TSO3 Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 2, 2022 Reel 59840, frame 81 | TSO3, Inc. | Stryker Corporation | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
Sources
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Note
The 448 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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
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