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System and method for treating the structure of the human lens with a laser

US 10,842,675 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 11, 2026 (Salem Five Cents Savings Bank).

Term ended Jan 20, 2026 · High confidence

Held by Lensar, Inc.
Filed Jan 20, 2006 as application 11/337,127 · Granted Nov 24, 2020
Base term plus 1940 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Jan 20, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Jan 20, 2006
Term ended
Jan 20, 2026
Granted
Nov 24, 2020
base term after the term ends 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
1,940
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 10,085,888, US 9,180,051.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
36
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 1940 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Jan 20, 2006, when this application, 11/337,127, was filedJan 20, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1940 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 14, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,085,888, US 9,180,051)capped to Jan 20, 2026High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 20, 2026High confidence

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US 10,842,675this patent
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US 8,262,646In force
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Application PCT/US2007/001262PCT application
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Application PCT/US2007/001312PCT application
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Application PCT/US2007/001486PCT application
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Application PCT/US2007/001353PCT application
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US 9,545,338In force
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8 of 36 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
Apr 18, 2006
Reel 17795, frame 253
Frey, Rudolph W.; Gray, Gary P.; Pape, Dennis R.; Kuszak, Jerome R.Lasersoft Vision, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 17, 2007
Reel 19976, frame 612
Lasersoft Vision, Inc.Lensar, Inc.Change of Name
Oct 1, 2013
Reel 31324, frame 917
Lensar, Inc.PDL Biopharma, Inc.Security Agreement
Dec 15, 2015
Reel 37301, frame 363
Lion Buyer, LLCPDL Biopharma, Inc.Security Interest
Dec 18, 2015
Reel 37328, frame 670
Lensar, Inc.Lion Buyer, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 18, 2015
Reel 37330, frame 169
Lion Buyer, LLCLensar, LLCChange of Name
Dec 16, 2016
Reel 40996, frame 190
Lensar, Inc.PDL Biopharma, Inc.Security Interest
Jan 18, 2017
Reel 41258, frame 863
Lensar, LLCLensar, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 21, 2017
Reel 41773, frame 190
Lensar, Inc.PDL Biopharma, Inc.Security Interest
May 11, 2017
Reel 42446, frame 763
Lensar, Inc.PDL Biopharma, Inc.Security Interest
Jul 13, 2020
Reel 53197, frame 84
PDL Biopharma, Inc.Lensar, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Collateral (RF 042446/0763)
Aug 11, 2026
Reel 76463, frame 914
Lensar, Inc.Salem Five Cents Savings BankSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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