Also listed on Flexuspine, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Apr 27, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 19, 2027
Held by Tyler Fusion Technologies, LLC
Filed Jan 19, 2007 as application 11/655,723 · Granted Jun 30, 2015
Base term plus 464 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Jan 19, 2007
Jan 19, 2007
Term ends
Apr 27, 2028
Apr 27, 2028
Granted
Jun 30, 2015
Jun 30, 2015
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
464
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
6
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 464 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Jan 19, 2007, when this application, 11/655,723, was filed | Jan 19, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +464 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 27, 2028 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 27, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,959,677 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2019 | Jun 2019 |
| US 9,066,811 | this patent Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 8,597,358 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 8,940,022 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2019 | Jan 2019 |
| US 8,377,098 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2021 | Feb 2021 |
| Application PCT/US2008/051346 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2007 Reel 19166, frame 922 | Landry, Michael E.; Wagner, Erik J.; Schular, Michael S. | Flexuspine, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 26, 2023 Reel 65025, frame 374 | Flexuspine, Inc. | Tyler Fusion Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Apr 2028
Term ends Apr 27, 2028. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 464 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
32
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2015 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.