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Systems, Devices, and Methods for Diagnosing and Treating Conditions of the Spine

US 8,361,003 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 29, 2020 (Solar Capital Ltd.).

Term ends Feb 6, 2030 · High confidence

Held by Si-Bone Inc.
Filed Sep 1, 2009 as application 12/584,163 · Granted Jan 29, 2013
Base term plus 158 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2030
Clock starts
Sep 1, 2009
Term ends
Feb 6, 2030
Granted
Jan 29, 2013
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
158
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.
2
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 158 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 Sep 1, 2009, when this application, 12/584,163, was filedSep 1, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+158 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 6, 2030High 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 orderFeb 6, 2030High confidence

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US 8,361,003this patent
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Application 13/752,120Abandoned
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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
Apr 26, 2012
Reel 28115, frame 347
Reiley, MarkSi-Bone Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 27, 2017
Reel 43975, frame 669
Si-Bone, Inc.Biopharma Credit Investments IV Sub LPSecurity Interest
May 29, 2020
Reel 52794, frame 423
Biopharma Credit Investments IV Sub LPSi-Bone, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral at Reel/Frame No. 043975/0669
May 29, 2020
Reel 52795, frame 289
Si-Bone, Inc.Solar Capital Ltd., as Collateral AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Aug 12, 2021
Reel 57182, frame 104
SLR Investment Corp. (F/K/A Solar Capital Ltd., as Collateral Agent)Si-Bone, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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