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Orthopedic Implant Rod Reduction Tool Set and Method

US 7,160,300 Term ended
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 28, 2020 (Bank of America, N.A.).

Term ended Feb 27, 2024 · High confidence

Filed Feb 27, 2004 as application 10/789,149 · Granted Jan 9, 2007
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Feb 27, 2024
2004 2026
Clock starts
Feb 27, 2004
Term ended
Feb 27, 2024
Granted
Jan 9, 2007
base term after the term ends 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.
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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.
329
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 27, 2004, when this application, 10/789,149, was filedFeb 27, 2024High 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 events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 27, 2024High confidence

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US 7,160,300this patent
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US 7,470,279Term ended
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Application PCT/US2004/010447PCT application
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US 7,662,175Term ended
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US 8,052,724Lapsed on the fee record
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Application PCT/US2004/031860PCT application
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8 of 329 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 15, 2020
Reel 51525, frame 380
Jackson, Roger P., MDNuVasive, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 28, 2020
Reel 52918, frame 595
NuVasive, Inc.; NuVasive Clinical Services Monitoring, Inc.; NuVasive Clinical Services, Inc.; NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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