Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 6, 2021 (Midcap Financial Trust).
Term ends Oct 3, 2034 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 3, 2034
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Strata Skin Sciences, Inc.
Filed Dec 29, 2017 as application 15/858,524 · Granted Jun 11, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Oct 3, 2014
Oct 3, 2014
Term ends
Oct 3, 2034
Oct 3, 2034
Granted
Jun 11, 2024
Jun 11, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,471,695, to Oct 3, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
46
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are 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 Oct 3, 2014, when application PCT/US2014/058957, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 29, 2017); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Oct 3, 2034 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,471,695) | resolves to Oct 3, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Oct 3, 2034 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,144,248 | Term ended Nov 2022 | Nov 2022 |
| US 7,257,144 | Term ended Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| US 7,276,059 | Term ended Oct 2020 | Oct 2020 |
| US 7,891,361 | Term ended Nov 2022 | Nov 2022 |
| US 7,886,749 | Term ended Feb 2021 | Feb 2021 |
| US 7,848,378 | Term ended Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 7,813,586 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 7,894,651 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
8 of 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2018 Reel 45741, frame 368 | Levatter, Jeffrey I.; Brooks, David | Strata Skin Sciences, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 6, 2021 Reel 57717, frame 796 | Strata Skin Sciences, Inc. | Midcap Financial Trust | Security Interest |
| Apr 10, 2026 Reel 74338, frame 296 | Strata Skin Sciences, Inc. | Midcap Financial Trust | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2034
Term ends Oct 3, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,471,695, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
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