Term ends Mar 2, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 2, 2027
Held by Cutera, Inc.
Filed Sep 15, 2010 as application 12/882,302 · Granted Oct 2, 2012
Base term plus 5 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Mar 2, 2007
Mar 2, 2007
Term ends
Mar 2, 2027
Mar 2, 2027
Granted
Oct 2, 2012
Oct 2, 2012
base term
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
5
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,814,915.
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.
3
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 5 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 2, 2007, when application 11/681,700, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 15, 2010) | Mar 2, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +5 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 7, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,814,915) | capped to Mar 2, 2027 | 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 2, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,814,915 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,276,592 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,656,931 | In force no later than Mar 2027 | no later than Mar 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2011 Reel 25950, frame 729 | Davenport, Scott A.; Gollnick, David A.; Christensen, Steven; Macfarland, Dean A.; Estrada, Robert Bernhard | 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
Mar 2027
Term ends Mar 2, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 5 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,814,915.
Citations
26
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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.