Term ends Feb 29, 2040 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 29, 2040
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Cutera, Inc.
Filed Dec 13, 2020 as application 17/120,237 · Granted Feb 22, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Feb 29, 2020
Feb 29, 2020
Term ends
Feb 29, 2040
Feb 29, 2040
Granted
Feb 22, 2022
Feb 22, 2022
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
9
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Feb 29, 2020, when application 16/805,761, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 13, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 29, 2040 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 29, 2040 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,864,380 | In force Feb 2040 | Feb 2040 |
| US 11,738,206 | In force no later than Aug 2040 | no later than Aug 2040 |
| US 11,253,720 | this patent Feb 2040 | Feb 2040 |
| Application PCT/US2021/020143 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 12,642,985 | In force Oct 2041 | Oct 2041 |
| US 12,257,450 | In force no later than Oct 2040 | no later than Oct 2040 |
| US 12,515,066 | In force no later than Jun 2040 | no later than Jun 2040 |
| Application 18/891,483 | Pending not computed | not computed |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 2020 Reel 54626, frame 705 | Karavitis, Michael A.; Van Der Veer, Wytze E.; Kothare, Amogh; Moeller, Soenke A.; Gilliam, Shawn M. | Cutera, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 13, 2025 Reel 70505, frame 728 | Cutera, Inc. | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| May 5, 2025 Reel 71019, frame 980 | Cutera, Inc. | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | Security Interest |
| May 5, 2025 Reel 71020, frame 1 | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | Cutera, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
Feb 2040
Term ends Feb 29, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
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later US patent cites this one
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