Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 11, 2026 (Salem Five Cents Savings Bank).
Term ends Mar 25, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 20, 2026
Held by Lensar, Inc.
Filed May 1, 2006 as application 11/414,838 · Granted Sep 11, 2012
Base term plus 1160 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
Jan 20, 2006
Jan 20, 2006
Term ends
Mar 25, 2029
Mar 25, 2029
Granted
Sep 11, 2012
Sep 11, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,160
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.
36
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 1160 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 Jan 20, 2006, when application 11/337,127, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 1, 2006) | Jan 20, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1160 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 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 | Mar 25, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,842,675 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 9,180,051 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 8,262,646 | this patent Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2007/001262 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2007/001312 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2007/001486 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2007/001353 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,545,338 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
8 of 36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2006 Reel 18065, frame 827 | Frey, Rudolph W.; Gray, Gary P.; Pape, Dennis R.; Subramaniam, Hari; Kuszak, Jerome R. | Lasersoft Vision, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 17, 2007 Reel 19976, frame 612 | Lasersoft Vision, Inc. | Lensar, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 1, 2013 Reel 31324, frame 917 | Lensar, Inc. | PDL Biopharma, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Dec 15, 2015 Reel 37301, frame 363 | Lion Buyer, LLC | PDL Biopharma, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Dec 18, 2015 Reel 37328, frame 670 | Lensar, Inc. | Lion Buyer, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 18, 2015 Reel 37330, frame 169 | Lion Buyer, LLC | Lensar, LLC | Change of Name |
| Dec 16, 2016 Reel 40996, frame 190 | Lensar, Inc. | PDL Biopharma, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Jan 18, 2017 Reel 41258, frame 863 | Lensar, LLC | Lensar, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 21, 2017 Reel 41773, frame 190 | Lensar, Inc. | PDL Biopharma, Inc. | Security Interest |
| May 11, 2017 Reel 42446, frame 763 | Lensar, Inc. | PDL Biopharma, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Jul 13, 2020 Reel 53197, frame 84 | PDL Biopharma, Inc. | Lensar, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Collateral (RF 042446/0763) |
| Aug 11, 2026 Reel 76463, frame 914 | Lensar, Inc. | Salem Five Cents Savings Bank | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2029
Term ends Mar 25, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1160 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
403
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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.