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Modular Fracture Fixation System

US 9,913,671 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Mar 13, 2022 on the fee record · Medium confidence

Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 9,526,543), so the cap could be lower.

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Biomet C.V.
Filed Nov 30, 2016 as application 15/364,505 · Granted Mar 13, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Mar 13, 2022
2006 2026
Clock starts
Sep 28, 2006
No longer in force
Mar 13, 2022
Granted
Mar 13, 2018
Term would have run to
Sep 28, 2026
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,394,130, US 9,526,543, to Sep 28, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
9
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 Sep 28, 2026: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: Medium. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 28, 2006, when application 11/536,441, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 30, 2016)Sep 28, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,394,130, US 9,526,543)resolves to Sep 28, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no changeMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidlapsed Mar 13, 2022High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 13, 2022Medium confidence

This family

US 8,062,296In force
no later than Sep 2029
no later than Sep 2029
US 8,394,098In force
no later than Mar 2030
no later than Mar 2030
US 8,394,130In force
Oct 2029
Oct 2029
US 7,867,261Lapsed on the fee record
Jan 2023
Jan 2023
US 8,419,775In force
Aug 2027
Aug 2027
US 8,747,442Term ended
Sep 2026
Sep 2026
US 9,526,543In force
no later than Nov 2026
no later than Nov 2026
US 9,913,671this patent
Mar 2022
Mar 2022
8 of 9 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Sources

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