Term ends Sep 26, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 26, 2031
Held by DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
Filed Aug 7, 2014 as application 14/454,418 · Granted Nov 8, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Sep 26, 2011
Sep 26, 2011
Term ends
Sep 26, 2031
Sep 26, 2031
Granted
Nov 8, 2016
Nov 8, 2016
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
22
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 26, 2011, when application 13/245,130, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 7, 2014) | Sep 26, 2031 | 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 | 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 | Sep 26, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,394,129 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| Application PCT/US2012/028110 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,518,087 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 8,597,333 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 8,852,243 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 8,852,242 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,486,149 | this patent Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,492,194 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
8 of 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2017 Reel 41913, frame 103 | Interventional Spine, Inc. | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 8, 2020 Reel 52349, frame 156 | Interventional Spine, Inc. | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Number Previously Recorded at Reel: 14913 Frame: 103. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Apr 8, 2020 Reel 52349, frame 752 | Interventional Spine, Inc. | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Property Number Previously Recorded at Reel: 45065 Frame: 001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Aug 11, 2020 Reel 54097, frame 590 | Interventional Spine, Inc. | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrectly Recorded Patent Properties (US 9277928 and US 9855058) Previously Recorded on Reel 041913 Frame 0103. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
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What's changing
Sep 2031
Term ends Sep 26, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
26
later US patents cite this one
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