Also listed on Lumenis Ltd, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends May 25, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 23, 2029
Held by Lumenis Be Ltd.
Filed Mar 23, 2009 as application 12/409,274 · Granted Jun 14, 2011
Base term plus 63 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Mar 23, 2009
Mar 23, 2009
Term ends
May 25, 2029
May 25, 2029
Granted
Jun 14, 2011
Jun 14, 2011
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
63
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
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 runs 63 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Mar 23, 2009, when this application, 12/409,274, was filed | Mar 23, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +63 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 25, 2029 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 25, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,282,047 | Term ended Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 |
| US 7,263,255 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2019 | Aug 2019 |
| US 7,961,767 | this patent May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 8,184,669 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2020 | May 2020 |
| US 8,477,816 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2009 Reel 23068, frame 872 | Weizmann, Ofer | Lumenis, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 12, 2015 Reel 36839, frame 506 | Lumenis Ltd. | Mizrahi Tefahot Trust Companyh Ltd. | Security Interest |
| Sep 1, 2016 Reel 39900, frame 390 | Mizrahi Tefahot Trust Company Ltd. | Lumenis Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 1, 2021 Reel 57979, frame 351 | Lumenis Ltd. | Lumenis Be Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
May 2029
Term ends May 25, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 63 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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