Term ended Sep 26, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 26, 2026
Held by VB Spine LLC
Filed Apr 17, 2015 as application 14/689,634 · Granted Nov 14, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Sep 26, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Sep 26, 2006
Sep 26, 2006
Term ended
Sep 26, 2026
Sep 26, 2026
Granted
Nov 14, 2017
Nov 14, 2017
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
10
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. 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 26, 2006, when application 11/535,432, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 17, 2015) | Sep 26, 2026 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 26, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,985,256 | In force no later than May 2030 | no later than May 2030 |
| US 8,070,813 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
| Application 11/981,452 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,394,143 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 8,454,695 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 8,480,741 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| US 9,028,550 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 9,814,600 | this patent Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2015 Reel 35459, frame 57 | Shulock, Damien J.; Ashley, John E.; Grotz, Thomas; Pretti, Rudy | Coalign Innovations, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 19, 2015 Reel 35667, frame 165 | Coalign Innovations, Inc. | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | Merger |
| May 8, 2025 Reel 71224, frame 768 | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | VB Spine US Opco LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 16, 2025 Reel 71682, frame 116 | K2M, Inc.; VB Spine US Opco LLC; VB Spine LLC | Ankura Trust Company, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 8, 2025 Reel 72340, frame 397 | K2M, Inc.; VB Spine US Opco LLC | Texas Capital Bank, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2026 Reel 75812, frame 865 | VB Spine US Opco LLC | VB Spine LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Citations
129
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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