Term ends Dec 3, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 21, 2026
Held by Stryker Corporation
Filed Sep 11, 2017 as application 15/700,961 · Granted May 12, 2020
Base term plus 226 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Apr 21, 2006
Apr 21, 2006
Term ends
Dec 3, 2026
Dec 3, 2026
Granted
May 12, 2020
May 12, 2020
base term
patent term adjustment
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
226
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
17
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 226 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 1 maintenance fees is 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 Apr 21, 2006, when application 11/379,691, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 11, 2017) | Apr 21, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +226 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 3, 2026 | 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 | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 3, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,520,876 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2007/066187 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,320,876 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 8,585,728 | In force no later than Dec 2027 | no later than Dec 2027 |
| US 7,842,062 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 7,918,871 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 7,879,061 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 7,678,099 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
8 of 17 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 8, 2020 Reel 52346, frame 734 | Ressemann, Thomas V.; Keith, Peter T.; Truitt, Theodore O. | Entellus Medical, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 6, 2025 Reel 69827, frame 553 | Entellus Medical, Inc. | Stryker Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 3, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 226 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.