Also listed on Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Feb 27, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 5, 2032
Held by Smith & Nephew, Inc., Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
Filed Nov 5, 2012 as application 13/669,321 · Granted Jan 10, 2017
Base term plus 844 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2035
Clock starts
Nov 5, 2012
Nov 5, 2012
Term ends
Feb 27, 2035
Feb 27, 2035
Granted
Jan 10, 2017
Jan 10, 2017
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
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
844
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.
5
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 844 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 Nov 5, 2012, when this application, 13/669,321, was filed | Nov 5, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +844 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 27, 2035 | 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 | Feb 27, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,539,115 | this patent Feb 2035 | Feb 2035 |
| US 10,524,935 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 11,285,023 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 11,850,170 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| Application 18/389,090 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2014 Reel 32259, frame 362 | Coulange, Vincent; Genna, Sophie; Brunnarius, Yann; Lizee, Emmanuel; Perineau, Christophe; Coetzee, Christiaan; Colombier, Jean-alain; Judet, Thierry; Myerson, Mark; Bonnin, Michel | Tornier | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 18, 2015 Reel 37332, frame 380 | Tornier, Inc.; Tornier SAS | Integra Lifesciences Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 17, 2021 Reel 55280, frame 575 | Integra Lifesciences Corporation | Smith & Nephew, Inc.; Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG; Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 17, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Integra Lifesciences Corporation | Smith & Nephew, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 17, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Integra Lifesciences Corporation | Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 17, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Integra Lifesciences Corporation | Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2035
Term ends Feb 27, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 844 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
70
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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