Term ends Mar 26, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 2, 2024
Held by Globus Medical, Inc.
Filed Jun 2, 2004 as application 10/860,778 · Granted Sep 15, 2009
Base term plus 1027 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2027
Clock starts
Jun 2, 2004
Jun 2, 2004
Term ends
Mar 26, 2027
Mar 26, 2027
Granted
Sep 15, 2009
Sep 15, 2009
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,027
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.
86
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 1027 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 Jun 2, 2004, when this application, 10/860,778, was filed | Jun 2, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1027 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 26, 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 26, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 6,613,991 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2015 | Sep 2015 |
| US 7,005,589 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2010 | Feb 2010 |
| Application 10/391,458 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 6,797,897 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2012 | Sep 2012 |
| US 8,926,700 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 8,419,770 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 7,753,937 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 7,588,590 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
8 of 86 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2004 Reel 15441, frame 933 | Chervitz, Alan; Triplett, Daniel J.; Fallin, T. Wade; Hoy, Robert W.; Justin, Daniel F. | Facet Solutions | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 4, 2010 Reel 24329, frame 602 | Facet Solutions, Inc. | Triplepoint Capital LLC | Security Agreement |
| Jan 19, 2011 Reel 25661, frame 581 | Triplepoint Capital LLC | Facet Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 21, 2011 Reel 25675, frame 193 | Facet Solutions, Inc.; Fsi Acquisition Sub, LLC | Gmedelaware 2 LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 16, 2015 Reel 37311, frame 256 | Gmedelaware 2 LLC | Globus Medical, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2027
Term ends Mar 26, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1027 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
171
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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