Also listed on Medshape, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 21, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Jul 24, 2028 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 24, 2028
Filed Aug 27, 2010 as application 12/870,697 · Granted Apr 30, 2013
Base term plus 88 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jul 24, 2008
Jul 24, 2008
Term ends
Jul 24, 2028
Jul 24, 2028
Granted
Apr 30, 2013
Apr 30, 2013
base term
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
88
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,069,858.
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.
4
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 88 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Low. 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 Jul 24, 2008, when application PCT/US2008/071066, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 27, 2010); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jul 24, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +88 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 20, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,069,858) | capped to Jul 24, 2028 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Further caveats on record | The record names parents not resolved: PCTUS2008071066 | Low confidence overall | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 24, 2028 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 8,430,933 | this patent Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
| US 8,069,858 | In force Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
| Application 13/872,163 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
3 of 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2010 Reel 24914, frame 943 | Gall, Kenneth A. | Medshape Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 27, 2012 Reel 29207, frame 564 | Medshape Solutions, Inc. | Medshape, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 27, 2017 Reel 43352, frame 442 | Medshape, Inc. | Conmed Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 25, 2020 Reel 53041, frame 365 | Automated Equipment LLC | Pitco Frialator, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 25, 2020 Reel 53041, frame 949 | Pitco Frialator, Inc. | Taylor Commercial Foodservice Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 21, 2025 Reel 72097, frame 762 | Conmed Corporation; Biorez, Inc.; Buffalo Filter LLC; IN2BONES USA, LLC; Linvatec Corporation; Surgiquest, Inc.; Viking Systems, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2028
Term ends Jul 24, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 88 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,069,858.
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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