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Vertebral Facet Joint Prosthesis and Method of Fixation

US 7,846,183 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Spinal Elements, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded May 31, 2024 (Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP).

Term ends Jan 22, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Jun 10, 2004 as application 10/865,073 · Granted Dec 7, 2010
Base term plus 1321 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2004 2028
Clock starts
Jun 10, 2004
Term ends
Jan 22, 2028
Granted
Dec 7, 2010
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
1,321
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.
12
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 1321 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 10, 2004, when this application, 10/865,073, was filedJun 10, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1321 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 22, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 22, 2028High confidence

This family

US 7,846,183this patent
Jan 2028
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US 9,504,583In force
Apr 2027
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US 7,998,172Term ended
Jun 2024
Jun 2024
US 8,858,597Lapsed on the fee record
Oct 2026
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US 8,998,953Term ended
Jun 2024
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US 8,740,942Term ended
Jun 2024
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US 8,882,804Term ended
Jun 2024
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US 10,085,776Term ended
Jun 2024
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8 of 12 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
Sep 7, 2005
Reel 16503, frame 681
Quantum Orthopedics Inc.Comerica BankSecurity Agreement
Nov 7, 2006
Reel 18505, frame 236
Quantum Orthopedics, Inc.Spinal Elements, Inc.Change of Name
Nov 2, 2007
Reel 20063, frame 654
Blain, JasonSpinal Elements, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 13, 2017
Reel 42247, frame 572
Spinal Elements, Inc.Antares Capital LP, as AgentSecurity Interest
Apr 18, 2017
Reel 42369, frame 295
Spinal Elements, Inc.Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as AgentSecurity Interest
May 26, 2017
Reel 42589, frame 492
Comerica BankSpinal Elements Inc. Formerly Known as Quantum Orthopedics Inc.Release of Security Interest
Apr 10, 2020
Reel 52372, frame 207
Spinal Elements, Inc.Amendia, Inc.Merger
Apr 17, 2020
Reel 52919, frame 70
Amendia, Inc.Spinal Elements, Inc.Change of Name
May 31, 2024
Reel 67596, frame 295
Spinal Elements, Inc.; Custom Spine Acquisition, Inc.; Omni Acquisition Inc.Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LPSecurity Interest
Jun 3, 2024
Reel 67605, frame 626
Antares Capital LP, as Administrative AgentSpinal Elements, Inc. (F.K.A. Amendia, Inc.)Release of Security Interest
Jun 3, 2024
Reel 67605, frame 676
Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as AgentSpinal Elements, Inc. (F.K.A. Amendia, Inc.)Release of Security Interest

Sources

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