Lapsed Jan 4, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 22, 2030
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Ulthera, Inc.
Filed Jan 23, 2019 as application 16/255,074 · Granted Jan 4, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 485 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jan 4, 2026
2010
2032
Clock starts
Dec 22, 2010
Dec 22, 2010
No longer in force
Jan 4, 2026
Jan 4, 2026
Granted
Jan 4, 2022
Jan 4, 2022
Term would have run to
Apr 20, 2032
Apr 20, 2032
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
485
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
Its term would have run to Apr 20, 2032: its 20-year base term plus 485 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jan 23, 2019) | Dec 22, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +485 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 20, 2032 | 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 | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jan 4, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 4, 2026 | 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 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 11,213,618 | this patent Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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Note
The 485 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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