US 7,594,930 · Application 11/458,413 · Granted Sep 29, 2009
US 7,594,930
Method of attaching soft tissue to bone
Estimated expiration
September 28, 2025
Expired 381 days ago
Earliest effective filing
Jul 19, 2006
+ 20 years
Jul 19, 2026
PTA +393d
Aug 16, 2027
TD cap (US 7,507,213)
Sep 28, 2025
Final
Sep 28, 2025
This calculation includes patent term adjustment (PTA) under 35 U.S.C. §154(b). Patent term extension (PTE) under 35 U.S.C. §156 (for FDA-regulated products) is not included. Terminal disclaimers can affect PTA (In re Cellect, LLC).
Calculation details
Base term
- Filing date
- July 19, 2006
- Earliest effective filing
- July 19, 2006
- Issue date
- September 29, 2009
- PTA
- +393 days
- Base expiry (before PTA)
- July 19, 2026
July 19, 2006 + 20 years = July 19, 2026 + 393 PTA days = August 16, 2027
- PRO60/818,993 — Provisional — not used for base term
Terminal disclaimers
TD caps expiration to September 28, 2025 (earliest expiring referenced patent: US 7,507,213)
US 7,470,240· Application 11/122,154Capping patent
Pressure pulse/shock wave therapy methods and an apparatus for conducting the therapeutic methods
- Filing date
- May 4, 2005
- Earliest effective filing
- Mar 4, 2005
- Issue date
- Dec 30, 2008
- PTA
- +246 days
- Calculated expiration
- Nov 5, 2025
Continuation-in-part of 11/071,156, filed Mar 4, 2005
Mar 4, 2005 + 20y + 246d PTA = Nov 5, 2025
US 7,507,213· Application 11/238,731Capping patent
Pressure pulse/shock wave therapy methods for organs
- Filing date
- Sep 29, 2005
- Earliest effective filing
- Mar 4, 2005
- Issue date
- Mar 24, 2009
- PTA
- +208 days
- Calculated expiration
- Sep 28, 2025
Continuation-in-part of 11/122,154, filed May 4, 2005, issued as US 7,470,240
Continuation-in-part of 11/071,156, filed Mar 4, 2005
Continuation-in-part of 11/071,156, filed Mar 4, 2005
Mar 4, 2005 + 20y + 208d PTA = Sep 28, 2025
US 7,594,930· Application 11/458,413(from application 11/458,413)
Method of attaching soft tissue to bone
- Filing date
- Jul 19, 2006
- Earliest effective filing
- Jul 19, 2006
- Issue date
- Sep 29, 2009
- PTA
- +393 days
- Calculated expiration
- Aug 16, 2027
Jul 19, 2006 + 20y + 393d PTA = Aug 16, 2027
Patent term extension under 35 U.S.C. §156, which can apply to certain drug, biologic, animal drug and medical device patents, is not included in this calculation. How PTE is calculated
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