Also listed on TSO3 Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Sep 5, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 5, 2034
Held by Stryker Corporation
Filed Aug 20, 2018 as application 16/105,351 · Granted Jul 14, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Sep 5, 2014
Sep 5, 2014
Term ends
Sep 5, 2034
Sep 5, 2034
Granted
Jul 14, 2020
Jul 14, 2020
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
4
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 5, 2014, when application PCT/CA2014/050845, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 20, 2018) | Sep 5, 2034 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 5, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,111,975 | Grace period ended Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 10,709,803 | this patent Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| Application 16/927,154 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
3 of 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2019 Reel 48366, frame 499 | Laflamme, Jonathan; Dufresne, Sylvie; Leblond, Hélène; Therrien, Francis; Sohier, David; Chevalier, Cécile | TSO3 Inc. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| May 2, 2022 Reel 59840, frame 81 | TSO3, Inc. | Stryker Corporation | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
| Dec 18, 2024 Reel 69737, frame 184 | Stryker Corporation | Stryker Corporation | Change of Address |
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What's changing
Sep 2034
Term ends Sep 5, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
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