Also listed on Spinecore, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jun 3, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 24, 2026
Held by VB Spine LLC
Filed May 24, 2006 as application 11/439,808 · Granted Jul 15, 2014
Base term plus 1471 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2030
Clock starts
May 24, 2006
May 24, 2006
Term ends
Jun 3, 2030
Jun 3, 2030
Granted
Jul 15, 2014
Jul 15, 2014
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
1,471
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.
9
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 1471 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 24, 2006, when this application, 11/439,808, was filed | May 24, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1471 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 3, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 3, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,777,959 | this patent Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| US 9,095,451 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 9,226,837 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 9,782,272 | Term ended Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 9,622,882 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 9,526,634 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 10,213,322 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 10,835,389 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 2007 Reel 18756, frame 690 | Errico, Joseph P.; Dudasik, Michael W.; Royt, Zoya | Spinecore, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 17, 2008 Reel 21264, frame 307 | Errico, Joseph P.; Dudasik, Michael W. | Spinecore, Inc. | Correction to Reel/Frame 018756/0690 Deletion of Inventor Zoya Royt |
| Jul 21, 2008 Reel 21269, frame 168 | Errico, Thomas J.; Zubok, Rafail | Spinecore, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 1, 2009 Reel 23320, frame 863 | Errico, Thomas J.; Zubok, Rafail | Spinecore, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Replace the Assignment Previously Recorded on Reel 021269, Frame 0168. |
| Oct 1, 2009 Reel 23320, frame 911 | Errico, Joseph P.; Dudasik, Michael W. | Spinecore, Inc. | Re-Record to Replace Assignment Document Filed Under Reel 021264, Frame 0307 |
| Sep 25, 2020 Reel 53897, frame 621 | Spinecore, Inc. | Howmedica Oteonics Corp. | Merger |
| Sep 30, 2020 Reel 53941, frame 753 | Spinecore, Inc. | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 053897 Frame: 0621. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| May 8, 2025 Reel 71224, frame 768 | Howmedica Osteonics Corp. | VB Spine US Opco LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 16, 2025 Reel 71682, frame 116 | K2M, Inc.; VB Spine US Opco LLC; VB Spine LLC | Ankura Trust Company, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 8, 2025 Reel 72340, frame 397 | K2M, Inc.; VB Spine US Opco LLC | Texas Capital Bank, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2026 Reel 75812, frame 865 | VB Spine US Opco LLC | VB Spine LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2030
Term ends Jun 3, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1471 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
121
later US patents cite this one
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