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Bone Connector with Pivotable Joint

US 8,617,227 Term ended
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Term ended Nov 2, 2026 · High confidence

Held by Acumed LLC
Filed May 25, 2011 as application 13/115,529 · Granted Dec 31, 2013
Base term plus 177 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Nov 2, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
May 9, 2006
Term ended
Nov 2, 2026
Granted
Dec 31, 2013
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
177
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.
3
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 177 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 May 9, 2006, when application 11/431,740, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 25, 2011)May 9, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+177 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 2, 2026High 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 orderNov 2, 2026High confidence

This family

US 7,951,198In force
Jul 2027
Jul 2027
US 8,617,227this patent
Nov 2026
Nov 2026
Application 14/144,100Abandoned
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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 10, 2011
Reel 26436, frame 991
Sucec, Matthew C.Arc Surgical LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 10, 2011
Reel 26437, frame 4
Tuller, Thomas C.Arc Surgical LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 13, 2011
Reel 26438, frame 481
Arc Surgical, LLCAcumed Sports Medicine, LLCCertificate of Amendment
Jun 15, 2011
Reel 26455, frame 523
Acumed Sports Medicine LLCAcumed LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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