Term ends Feb 9, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 21, 2037
Held by Cutera, Inc.
Filed Jun 21, 2020 as application 16/907,293 · Granted Jul 19, 2022
Base term plus 80 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2038
Clock starts
Nov 21, 2017
Nov 21, 2017
Term ends
Feb 9, 2038
Feb 9, 2038
Granted
Jul 19, 2022
Jul 19, 2022
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
80
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,729,496, to Feb 9, 2038. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
4
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 80 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 21, 2017, when application 15/820,421, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 21, 2020) | Nov 21, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +80 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 9, 2038 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,729,496) | resolves to Feb 9, 2038, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 9, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,729,496 | In force Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
| US 11,400,308 | In force Apr 2038 | Apr 2038 |
| US 11,389,237 | this patent Feb 2038 | Feb 2038 |
| US 12,102,840 | In force no later than Apr 2038 | no later than Apr 2038 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2020 Reel 52995, frame 707 | Hunziker, Lukas E.; Karavitis, Michael A.; Liu, Hsiao-hua | 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 |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2038
Term ends Feb 9, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 80 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,729,496, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2022 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.