Also listed on Spinal Elements, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 31, 2024 (Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP).
Term ends Feb 24, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 24, 2031
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Spinal Elements, Inc.
Filed Feb 23, 2012 as application 13/403,698 · Granted Mar 1, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Feb 24, 2011
Feb 24, 2011
Term ends
Feb 24, 2031
Feb 24, 2031
Granted
Mar 1, 2016
Mar 1, 2016
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
14
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Feb 24, 2011, when application 13/033,791, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 23, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 24, 2031 | 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 | None on file | no change | 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 | Feb 24, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,740,949 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 9,301,786 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US D724,733 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 9,271,765 | this patent Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 9,179,943 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US D748,262 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US D748,793 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 9,808,294 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
8 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2012 Reel 28130, frame 183 | Blain, Jason | Spinal Elements, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 5, 2015 Reel 35570, frame 411 | Spinal Elements, Inc. (Formerly, Quantum Orthopedics Inc.) | Comerica Bank | Security Interest |
| Apr 13, 2017 Reel 42247, frame 572 | Spinal Elements, Inc. | Antares Capital LP, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 18, 2017 Reel 42369, frame 295 | Spinal Elements, Inc. | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as Agent | Security Interest |
| May 26, 2017 Reel 42589, frame 492 | Comerica Bank | Spinal Elements Inc. Formerly Known as Quantum Orthopedics Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 10, 2020 Reel 52372, frame 207 | Spinal Elements, Inc. | Amendia, Inc. | Merger |
| Apr 17, 2020 Reel 52919, frame 70 | Amendia, Inc. | Spinal Elements, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 31, 2024 Reel 67596, frame 295 | Spinal Elements, Inc.; Custom Spine Acquisition, Inc.; Omni Acquisition Inc. | Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP | Security Interest |
| Jun 3, 2024 Reel 67605, frame 626 | Antares Capital LP, as Administrative Agent | Spinal Elements, Inc. (F.K.A. Amendia, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 3, 2024 Reel 67605, frame 676 | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as Agent | Spinal Elements, Inc. (F.K.A. Amendia, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Feb 2031
Term ends Feb 24, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
199
later US patents cite this one
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