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Liquid Optical Interface for Laser Eye Surgery System

US 11,559,432 In force
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Term ends Sep 8, 2034 · High confidence

Held by Amo Development, LLC
Filed Feb 13, 2020 as application 16/790,647 · Granted Jan 24, 2023
Base term plus 312 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2034
Clock starts
Oct 31, 2013
Term ends
Sep 8, 2034
Granted
Jan 24, 2023
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
312
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 9,987,165, to Sep 8, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.

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 filingClock starts Oct 31, 2013, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Feb 13, 2020)Oct 31, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+312 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 8, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,987,165)resolves to Sep 8, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 8, 2034High confidence

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