Term ends Sep 1, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 3, 2026
Held by P Tech, LLC.
Filed Mar 22, 2007 as application 11/689,670 · Granted Apr 4, 2017
Base term plus 852 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
May 3, 2006
May 3, 2006
Term ends
Sep 1, 2028
Sep 1, 2028
Granted
Apr 4, 2017
Apr 4, 2017
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
852
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
23
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 852 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 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 May 3, 2006, when application 11/416,618, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 22, 2007) | May 3, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +852 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 1, 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 1, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,967,820 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 9,421,005 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2007/061730 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,610,073 | this patent Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2008/057948 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,496,657 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 9,439,642 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 9,173,650 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
8 of 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2007 Reel 19463, frame 115 | Bonutti, Peter M.; Cremens, Matthew J.; Beyers, Justin E. | Marctec, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2009 Reel 22859, frame 60 | Marctec, LLC | P Tech, LLC. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Sep 2028
Term ends Sep 1, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 852 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
237
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2017 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.