Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 17, 2014 (Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.).
Term ends Oct 21, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 21, 2030
Held by Avedro, Inc.
Filed Sep 24, 2013 as application 14/035,528 · Granted Oct 28, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Oct 21, 2010
Oct 21, 2010
Term ends
Oct 21, 2030
Oct 21, 2030
Granted
Oct 28, 2014
Oct 28, 2014
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,574,277, to Oct 21, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
8
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. 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 Oct 21, 2010, when application 12/909,228, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 24, 2013) | Oct 21, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,574,277) | resolves to Oct 21, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Oct 21, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,574,277 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 9,044,308 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 9,707,126 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| Application 13/841,617 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2013/032567 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,870,934 | this patent Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| Application 14/072,640 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,498,642 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 2013 Reel 31746, frame 486 | Muller, David; Marshall, John; Friedman, Marc D. | Avedro, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 17, 2014 Reel 33350, frame 669 | Avedro, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Jul 17, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Avedro, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Jul 17, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Avedro, Inc. | Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Apr 27, 2017 Reel 42167, frame 671 | Avedro, Inc. | Orbimed Royalty Opportunities II, LP | Security Interest |
| May 1, 2017 Reel 42390, frame 659 | Avedro, Inc. | Orbimed Royalty Opportunities II, LP | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrect Serial No. 14/140,184 Previously Recorded at Reel: 042167 Frame: 0671. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Nov 21, 2019 Reel 51080, frame 756 | Orbimed Royalty Opportunities II, LP | Avedro, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2030
Term ends Oct 21, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,574,277, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
31
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2014 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.