Term ends Feb 28, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 28, 2034
Held by Ulthera, Inc.
Filed Dec 5, 2022 as application 18/074,818 · Granted Apr 30, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Feb 28, 2014
Feb 28, 2014
Term ends
Feb 28, 2034
Feb 28, 2034
Granted
Apr 30, 2024
Apr 30, 2024
base term
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.
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.
This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 2 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 Feb 28, 2014, when application 14/193,234, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 5, 2022) | Feb 28, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High 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 | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 28, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,420,960 | In force Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
| US 11,517,772 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| US 11,969,609 | this patent Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| US 12,478,807 | In force Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| Application 19/030,110 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 5, 2022 Reel 61982, frame 125 | Emery, Charles D. | Ulthera, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 17, 2025 Reel 70634, frame 150 | Ulthera, Inc. | Ulthera Inc. | Change of Address |
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What's changing
Feb 2034
Term ends Feb 28, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
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