Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 16, 2016 (Bank of America, N.A.).
Lapsed Nov 6, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 27, 2024
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by NuVasive, Inc.
Filed Dec 11, 2009 as application 12/635,869 · Granted Nov 6, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 356 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Nov 6, 2024
2004
2026
Clock starts
Sep 27, 2004
Sep 27, 2004
No longer in force
Nov 6, 2024
Nov 6, 2024
Granted
Nov 6, 2012
Nov 6, 2012
Term would have run to
Sep 18, 2025
Sep 18, 2025
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
356
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,905,840, to Sep 18, 2025. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 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.
Its term would have run to Sep 18, 2025: its 20-year base term plus 356 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Sep 27, 2004, when application PCT/US2004/031768, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 11, 2009) | Sep 27, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +356 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 18, 2025 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,905,840) | resolves to Sep 18, 2025, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Nov 6, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 6, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2004/031768 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,905,840 | In force 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 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 2009 Reel 23647, frame 691 | Miles, Patrick; Martinelli, Scot; Finley, Eric; Pimenta, Luiz | 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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Note
The 356 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,905,840, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
61
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2012 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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