Term ends Feb 25, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 17, 2029
Held by 4WEB, LLC
Filed Dec 3, 2010 as application 12/960,092 · Granted Aug 23, 2016
Base term plus 1166 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2033
Clock starts
Dec 17, 2009
Dec 17, 2009
Term ends
Feb 25, 2033
Feb 25, 2033
Granted
Aug 23, 2016
Aug 23, 2016
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,166
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.
13
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 1166 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 Dec 17, 2009, when application 12/640,825, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 3, 2010) | Dec 17, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1166 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 25, 2033 | 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 25, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,430,930 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 9,421,108 | this patent Feb 2033 | Feb 2033 |
| US 9,545,317 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 11,278,421 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 9,999,516 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| Application 15/489,049 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/721,940 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,510,787 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
8 of 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2011 Reel 26593, frame 282 | 4-Web Spine, Inc. | Medstar Orthopedic Supplies, LLC | Lien |
| Sep 17, 2013 Reel 31267, frame 567 | Medstar Orthopedic Supplies, LLC | 4-Web-Spine, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 17, 2015 Reel 35184, frame 71 | 4WEB, Inc. | Comerica Bank | Security Interest |
| Sep 3, 2015 Reel 36491, frame 177 | 4WEB, Inc. | Stevens Financial Group, LP | Security Interest |
| Apr 17, 2017 Reel 42029, frame 677 | Stevens Financial Group, LP | 4WEB, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 20, 2017 Reel 42082, frame 481 | 4WEB, Inc. | Stevens Financial Group, LP | Security Interest |
| Nov 9, 2017 Reel 44082, frame 874 | 4WEB, Inc. | Medical Device Partners, LLC | Security Interest |
| May 31, 2019 Reel 49338, frame 1 | Comerica Bank | 4WEB, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 3, 2019 Reel 49346, frame 1 | 4WEB, Inc. | SWK Funding LLC | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jun 4, 2019 Reel 49362, frame 626 | Stevens Financial Group, LP | 4WEB, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 4, 2019 Reel 49362, frame 658 | Medical Device Partners, LLC | 4WEB, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 13, 2021 Reel 57786, frame 195 | Hunt, Jessee | 4-Web Spine, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 1, 2021 Reel 57988, frame 950 | 4-Web, Inc. | 4WEB, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Nov 1, 2021 Reel 57989, frame 5 | 4-Web Spine, Inc. | 4-Web, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Mar 22, 2024 Reel 66873, frame 807 | SWK Funding LLC | 4WEB, Inc. | Partial Release of Intellectual Property Security Interest |
| Apr 5, 2024 Reel 67024, frame 252 | 4WEB, Inc. | 4WEB, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2033
Term ends Feb 25, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1166 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
162
later US patents cite this one
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