Term ends Jul 17, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 22, 2030
Held by Ulthera, Inc.
Filed Apr 28, 2015 as application 14/698,315 · Granted Mar 5, 2019
Base term plus 804 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Dec 22, 2010
Dec 22, 2010
Term ends
Jul 17, 2027
Jul 17, 2027
Granted
Mar 5, 2019
Mar 5, 2019
base term
after the term ends
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
804
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,439,940, US 9,039,722.
1 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.
5
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 804 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is 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 22, 2010, when application 12/975,966, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 28, 2015) | Dec 22, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +804 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 5, 2033 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,439,940, US 9,039,722) | capped to Jul 17, 2027 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 17, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,439,940 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2025 | May 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2011/062449 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,039,722 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 10,220,122 | this patent Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 11,213,618 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2019 Reel 48096, frame 235 | Chomas, James E.; Merchant, Adnan I.; Clark, Robert L., III; Brian, Ben F., III | Cabochon Aesthetics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 22, 2019 Reel 48096, frame 257 | Cabochon Aesthetics, Inc. | Ulthera, Inc. | Merger |
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What's changing
Jul 2027
Term ends Jul 17, 2027.
Note
The 804 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,439,940, US 9,039,722.
Citations
27
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2019 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.