Term ends Jan 2, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 7, 2032
Held by Lumenis Be Ltd.
Filed Mar 14, 2016 as application 15/069,660 · Granted Oct 2, 2018
Base term plus 26 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Dec 7, 2012
Dec 7, 2012
Term ends
Jan 2, 2033
Jan 2, 2033
Granted
Oct 2, 2018
Oct 2, 2018
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
26
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.
9
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 26 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 7, 2012, when application 13/707,834, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 14, 2016) | Dec 7, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +26 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 2, 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 | Jan 2, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,333,370 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| US 10,085,814 | this patent Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 10,426,564 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 10,478,264 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 11,065,076 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| Application 17/346,254 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 17/568,989 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 18/133,817 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 9 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 14, 2016 Reel 37970, frame 198 | Azoulay, Kfir | Lumenis Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 1, 2016 Reel 39900, frame 390 | Mizrahi Tefahot Trust Company Ltd. | Lumenis Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 1, 2021 Reel 57979, frame 351 | Lumenis Ltd. | Lumenis Be Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jan 2033
Term ends Jan 2, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 26 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
19
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2018 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.