Term ends Jun 12, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 9, 2027
Held by Lumenis Be Ltd.
Filed Dec 8, 2020 as application 17/114,762 · Granted Aug 15, 2023
Base term plus 231 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Nov 9, 2007
Nov 9, 2007
Term ends
Jun 12, 2028
Jun 12, 2028
Granted
Aug 15, 2023
Aug 15, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
231
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 10,085,911, US 10,888,491, US 9,101,524.
0 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.
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 231 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 1 maintenance fees are 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 9, 2007, when application 11/937,917, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 8, 2020) | Nov 9, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +231 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 27, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,085,911, US 10,888,491, US 9,101,524) | capped to Jun 12, 2028 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 12, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,101,524 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 10,085,911 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 10,888,491 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 11,723,829 | this patent Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
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 8, 2020 Reel 54574, frame 642 | Aghion, Joseph | Lumenis Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 1, 2021 Reel 57979, frame 351 | Lumenis Ltd. | Lumenis Be Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2028
Term ends Jun 12, 2028. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 231 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,085,911, US 10,888,491, US 9,101,524.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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