Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 16, 2016 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Term ends Sep 25, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 18, 2024
Held by NuVasive, Inc.
Filed Oct 18, 2004 as application 10/967,668 · Granted Mar 15, 2011
Base term plus 1803 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2029
Clock starts
Oct 18, 2004
Oct 18, 2004
Term ends
Sep 25, 2029
Sep 25, 2029
Granted
Mar 15, 2011
Mar 15, 2011
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
1,803
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.
29
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 1803 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 Oct 18, 2004, when this application, 10/967,668, was filed | Oct 18, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1803 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 25, 2029 | 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 | Sep 25, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2004/031768 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,905,840 | this patent Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| US 7,207,949 | Term ended Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 8,313,430 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 8,016,767 | Term ended Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 8,355,780 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| US 8,303,515 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 8,388,527 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
8 of 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2005 Reel 16361, frame 321 | Pimenta, Luiz; Miles, Patrick; Martinelli, Scot; Finley, Eric | NuVasive, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 16, 2016 Reel 40634, frame 404 | NuVasive, Inc.; Impulse Monitoring, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| May 17, 2017 Reel 42490, frame 236 | NuVasive, Inc.; Biotronic National, LLC; NuVasive Clinical Services Monitoring, Inc.; NuVasive Clinical Services, Inc.; NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
| 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 Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Sep 2029
Term ends Sep 25, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1803 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
257
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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