Also listed on Berg LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 9, 2006 (Wachovia Bank, National Association).
Term ends Mar 12, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 22, 2025
Held by Breg, Inc.
Filed Jan 22, 2005 as application 11/040,814 · Granted Jan 20, 2009
Base term plus 779 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2027
Clock starts
Jan 22, 2005
Jan 22, 2005
Term ends
Mar 12, 2027
Mar 12, 2027
Granted
Jan 20, 2009
Jan 20, 2009
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
779
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
2
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 779 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Jan 22, 2005, when this application, 11/040,814, was filed | Jan 22, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +779 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 12, 2027 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 12, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,479,122 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2005/047289 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2005 Reel 16278, frame 42 | Ceriani, Dylann D.; Mason, Bradley R. | Berg, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 9, 2006 Reel 18362, frame 602 | Breg Inc. | Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest |
| Oct 18, 2010 Reel 25150, frame 572 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Successor-by-Merger to Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent | Breg Inc. | Termination of Security Interest in Patents |
| Nov 9, 2010 Reel 25337, frame 402 | Breg, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| May 24, 2012 Reel 28267, frame 581 | Breg, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Release of Security Interest |
| May 24, 2012 Reel 28275, frame 62 | Breg Acquisition Corp.; Breg, Inc.; Breg Topco Holdings, Inc.; Omni Motion, Inc.; Breg Holdings, LLC; Breg Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Security Agreement |
| Dec 24, 2014 Reel 34700, frame 66 | Breg, Inc., as Grantor; United Orthopedic Group, Inc., as Grantor; Cothera LLC, as Grantor; Medical Technology, Inc., as Grantor; Hendricks Orthotic Prosthetic Enterprises, Inc., as Grantor | General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 19, 2017 Reel 42900, frame 270 | General Electric Company (as Successor in Interest by Merger to General Electric Capital Corporation), as Agent | Breg, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 19, 2017 Reel 42895, frame 264 | Breg, Inc. | Capital One, National Association, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 14, 2025 Reel 69893, frame 787 | Ceriani, Dylann D; Mason, Bradley R | Breg, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 16278 Frame: 42. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment . |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2027
Term ends Mar 12, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 779 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
58
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2009 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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