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Implants for Altering Wear Patterns of Articular Surfaces

US 9,700,420 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 25, 2019 (Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP).

Lapsed Jul 11, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Nov 9, 2015 as application 14/935,965 · Granted Jul 11, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jul 11, 2021
2009 2029
Clock starts
Mar 5, 2009
No longer in force
Jul 11, 2021
Granted
Jul 11, 2017
Term would have run to
Mar 5, 2029
base term after the term ends 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.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
7
Family applications on record here
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Its term would have run to Mar 5, 2029: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 5, 2009, when application 12/398,598, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 9, 2015)Mar 5, 2029High 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 events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jul 11, 2021High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 11, 2021High confidence

This family

US 8,682,052In force
Jun 2032
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US 9,180,015In force
Mar 2029
Mar 2029
US 9,700,420this patent
Jul 2021
Jul 2021
Application 15/645,614Abandoned
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Application 16/881,347Abandoned
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Application 17/191,532Abandoned
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Application 18/307,565Abandoned
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Nov 11, 2015
Reel 37014, frame 293
Fitz, Wolfgang; Bojarski, Raymond; Lang, PhilippConforMIS, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 31, 2018
Reel 46676, frame 152
ConforMIS, Inc.Oxford Finance LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 25, 2019
Reel 49588, frame 288
ConforMIS, Inc.; Imatx, Inc.; ConforMIS Cares LLCInnovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 26, 2019
Reel 49599, frame 84
Oxford Finance LLC, as Collateral AgentConforMIS, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 23, 2021
Reel 58234, frame 292
ConforMIS, Inc.; Imatx, Inc.; ConforMIS Cares LLCInnovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LPRelease of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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