Term ends Oct 22, 2041 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 29, 2040
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Cutera, Inc.
Filed Dec 14, 2021 as application 17/551,135 · Granted Jun 2, 2026
Base term plus 601 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2020
2041
Clock starts
Feb 29, 2020
Feb 29, 2020
Term ends
Oct 22, 2041
Oct 22, 2041
Granted
Jun 2, 2026
Jun 2, 2026
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
601
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
9
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 601 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 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 Feb 29, 2020, when application 16/805,761, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 14, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 29, 2040 | 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 | +601 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 22, 2041 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 22, 2041 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,864,380 | In force Feb 2040 | Feb 2040 |
| US 11,738,206 | In force no later than Aug 2040 | no later than Aug 2040 |
| US 11,253,720 | In force Feb 2040 | Feb 2040 |
| Application PCT/US2021/020143 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 12,642,985 | this patent Oct 2041 | Oct 2041 |
| US 12,257,450 | In force no later than Oct 2040 | no later than Oct 2040 |
| US 12,515,066 | In force no later than Jun 2040 | no later than Jun 2040 |
| Application 18/891,483 | Pending not computed | not computed |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2022 Reel 59555, frame 61 | Karavitis, Michael A.; Van Der Veer, Wytze E.; Kothare, Amogh; Moeller, Soenke A.; Gilliam, Shawn M. | 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
Oct 2041
Term ends Oct 22, 2041. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 601 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
We have no citation count for this patent yet. That is not the same as never having been cited.
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.