Term ends no later than Jun 18, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 10, 2028
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
Filed Jul 10, 2008 as application 12/171,168 · Granted Nov 15, 2016
Base term plus 1073 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2031
Clock starts
Jul 10, 2008
Jul 10, 2008
Ends no later than
Jun 18, 2031
Jun 18, 2031
Granted
Nov 15, 2016
Nov 15, 2016
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
1,073
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
12
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 1073 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Jul 10, 2008, when this application, 12/171,168, was filed | Jul 10, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1073 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 18, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Jun 18, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 60/948,866 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 61/040,537 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 61/040,531 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,492,278 | this patent no later than Jun 2031 | no later than Jun 2031 |
| US 9,358,113 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2008/069681 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2008/069690 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,333,082 | In force Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2009 Reel 22369, frame 601 | Wei, Guobao; Forsyth, Nanette; Winterbottom, John; Beisser, James; Boyce, Todd; Berven, Sigurd H.; Betz, Randal R.; O'brien, Michael F.; Shelokov, Alexis P. | Osteotech, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 20, 2010 Reel 25527, frame 759 | Behnam, Keyvan | Osteotech, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 28, 2011 Reel 26196, frame 585 | Osteotech, Inc. | Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jun 2031
Term ends no later than Jun 18, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 1073 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Jun 18, 2031. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
40
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2016 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.