Term ends Dec 23, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 21, 2026
Filed Feb 10, 2010 as application 12/703,653 · Granted Jun 30, 2020
Base term plus 1008 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Mar 21, 2006
Mar 21, 2006
Term ends
Dec 23, 2028
Dec 23, 2028
Granted
Jun 30, 2020
Jun 30, 2020
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
1,008
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 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.
11
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 1008 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Mar 21, 2006, when application 11/385,980, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 10, 2010) | Mar 21, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1008 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 23, 2028 | 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 | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 23, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 11/385,980 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2007/002474 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,357,662 | In force Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
| Application PCT/US2009/037121 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 12/403,824 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,695,579 | this patent Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| Application PCT/US2011/023980 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,273,319 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2010 Reel 24307, frame 166 | De Taboada, Luis; Streeter, M.D., Jackson | Photothera, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 22, 2011 Reel 25829, frame 859 | Photothera, Inc. | Oxford Finance Corporation; Comerica Bank | Security Agreement |
| Feb 22, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Photothera, Inc. | Oxford Finance Corporation | Security Agreement |
| Feb 22, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Photothera, Inc. | Comerica Bank | Security Agreement |
| Oct 5, 2012 Reel 29082, frame 677 | Photothera, Inc. | Photothera IP Holdings, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 20, 2016 Reel 39797, frame 924 | De Taboada, Luis H. | Pthera, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 20, 2016 Reel 39797, frame 961 | Advanced Photonics Solutions, Inc. | De Taboada, Luis H. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 22, 2020 Reel 52731, frame 121 | Photothera IP Holdings, Inc. | Advanced Photonics Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 22, 2020 Reel 53742, frame 933 | De Taboada, Luis H. | Pthera LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Typo in the Assignee Name, From"pthera,llc" to "Pthera Llc" Previously Recorded at Reel: 039797 Frame: 0924. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Dec 2028
Term ends Dec 23, 2028. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1008 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
65
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2020 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.