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Medical fastener

US 9,782,209 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 21, 2018 (Squadron Medical Finance Solutions LLC).

Term ends Feb 23, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Oct 3, 2012 as application 13/573,736 · Granted Oct 10, 2017
Base term plus 143 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2033
Clock starts
Oct 3, 2012
Term ends
Feb 23, 2033
Granted
Oct 10, 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
143
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.
2
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 143 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 3, 2012, when this application, 13/573,736, was filedOct 3, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+143 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 23, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 23, 2033High confidence

This family

US 9,782,209this patent
Feb 2033
Feb 2033
US 10,639,086In force
Jan 2033
Jan 2033
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Oct 31, 2014
Reel 34083, frame 831
Nspired Ideas LLC; RTG Scientific Inc.RTG ScientificAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 23, 2018
Reel 45615, frame 648
Reed, Gary JNspired Ideas LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 24, 2018
Reel 45617, frame 88
Nspired Ideas LLCRTG Scientific LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 25, 2018
Reel 46244, frame 212
Nspired Ideas, LLCRTG Scientific, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 034083 Frame: 0831. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
May 31, 2018
Reel 46346, frame 612
Reed, Gary JackNspired Ideas LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the Application Number Previously Recorded on Reel 032448 Frame 0653. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Assignors Interest.
May 31, 2018
Reel 46276, frame 107
RTG Scientific, Inc.RTG Scientific, LLCChange of Name
Jun 21, 2018
Reel 46168, frame 983
RTG Scientific, LLCSquadron Medical Finance Solutions LLCSecurity Interest
Sep 10, 2018
Reel 47507, frame 165
RTG Scientific, LLCRTG Scientific, LLCChange of Address

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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