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Methods and Systems for Modifying a Parameter of an Automated Procedure

US 10,537,396 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 19, 2024 (Ew Healthcare Partners, L.P.).

Term ends Feb 26, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Jul 17, 2017 as application 15/652,170 · Granted Jan 21, 2020
Base term plus 256 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2032
Clock starts
Jun 15, 2011
Term ends
Feb 26, 2032
Granted
Jan 21, 2020
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
256
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
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 256 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 15, 2011, when application 13/161,396, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 17, 2017)Jun 15, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+256 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 26, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 26, 2032High confidence

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US 8,951,266In force
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US 10,537,396this patent
Feb 2032
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4 of 5 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jul 17, 2017
Reel 43026, frame 392
Zingaretti, Gabriele; Bodduluri, Mohan; Canales, Miguel G.; Tippett, Brian E.Restoration Robotics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 10, 2018
Reel 46125, frame 518
Restoration Robotics, Inc.Solar Capital Ltd.Short-Form Patent Security Agreement
Nov 7, 2019
Reel 50965, frame 765
Solar Capital Ltd.Restoration Robotics, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 7, 2019
Reel 50966, frame 741
Solar Capital Ltd.Restoration Robotics, Inc.Termination of Patent Security Agreement
Dec 2, 2019
Reel 51156, frame 892
Venus Concept Inc.Madryn Health Partners, LPSecurity Interest
Oct 7, 2021
Reel 57843, frame 981
Restoration Robotics, Inc.Venus Concept Inc.Change of Name
Oct 13, 2021
Reel 57788, frame 712
Restoration Robotics, Inc.Venus Concept Inc.Change of Name
Jan 19, 2024
Reel 66354, frame 565
Venus Concept Inc.Ew Healthcare Partners, L.p.Security Interest

Sources

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

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