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Spinal Stabilization Systems and Methods

US 8,034,084 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 27, 2026 (Wingspire Capital LLC).

Term ended Mar 15, 2025 · High confidence

Filed Jan 23, 2006 as application 11/337,863 · Granted Oct 11, 2011
Base term plus 502 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Mar 15, 2025
2003 2026
Clock starts
Oct 30, 2003
Term ended
Mar 15, 2025
Granted
Oct 11, 2011
base term patent term adjustment 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
502
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.
15
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 502 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Oct 30, 2003, when application 10/697,793, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 23, 2006)Oct 30, 2023High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+502 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 15, 2025High 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 orderMar 15, 2025High confidence

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8 of 15 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
Jun 24, 2009
Reel 22868, frame 285
Spinal Concepts, Inc.Abbott Spine, Inc.Merger
Jun 24, 2009
Reel 22868, frame 310
Abbott Spine Inc.Zimmer Spine Austin, Inc.Change of Name
Oct 27, 2009
Reel 23430, frame 103
Zimmer Spine Austin, Inc.Zimmer Spine, Inc.Merger
Aug 3, 2015
Reel 36252, frame 338
Bacterin International, Inc.; X-Spine Systems, Inc.Ros Acquisition Offshore, LPSecurity Interest
Oct 27, 2021
Reel 57941, frame 609
Seaspine Holdings Corporation; Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation; Seaspine, Inc.; Isotis, Inc.; Seaspine Sales LLC; Isotis Orthobiologics, Inc.; Theken Spine, LLC; Seaspine Orthopedics Intermediateco, Inc.; 7D Surgical USA Inc.Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Feb 18, 2022
Reel 59232, frame 356
Zimmer Spine, Inc.Zimmer Biomet Spine, Inc.Merger
Mar 2, 2022
Reel 59293, frame 213
Biomet 3I, LLC; Ebi, LLC; Zimmer Biomet Spine, Inc.; Zimmer Dental Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Mar 25, 2024
Reel 66894, frame 402
Zimmer Spine, Inc.Zimmer Biomet Spine, Inc.Merger
Apr 1, 2024
Reel 66970, frame 806
Zimmer Biomet Spine, LLC; Ebi, LLCCerberus Business Finance Agency, LLCGrant of a Security Interest -- Patents
Apr 2, 2024
Reel 66973, frame 833
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Ebi, LLC; Zimmer Biomet Spine, LLC (F/K/A Zimmer Biomet Spine, Inc.)Release of Security Interest
Apr 2, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Ebi, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Apr 2, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Zimmer Biomet Spine, LLC (F/K/A Zimmer Biomet Spine, Inc.)Release of Security Interest
Dec 24, 2024
Reel 69772, frame 121
Zimmer Biomet Spine, Inc.Zimmer Biomet Spine, LLCChange of Name
Dec 24, 2024
Reel 69772, frame 248
Zimmer Biomet Spine, LLCHighridge Medical, LLCChange of Name
Jun 27, 2026
Reel 76224, frame 379
Zeb Intermediate, LLC; Zeb Buyer, LLC,; Highridge Medical, LLC,Wingspire Capital LLC, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Jul 29, 2026
Reel 76329, frame 206
Ros Acquisition Offshore, LPBacterin International, Inc.; X-Spine Systems, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Scheduled Patent Assets That Were Erroneously Omitted from the Recordation Cover Sheet and Recordation, Previously Recorded on Reel 56323 Frame 218. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest.

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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