Also listed on Cabochon Aesthetics, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 17, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 22, 2030
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,518,069), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Ulthera, Inc.
Filed Feb 27, 2013 as application 13/778,293 · Granted May 26, 2015
Base term plus 131 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Dec 22, 2010
Dec 22, 2010
Term ends
Jul 17, 2027
Jul 17, 2027
Granted
May 26, 2015
May 26, 2015
base term
after the term ends
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
131
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 8,439,940, US 8,518,069.
2 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 131 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 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 Dec 22, 2010, when application 12/975,966, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 27, 2013) | Dec 22, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +131 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 2, 2031 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,439,940, US 8,518,069) | capped to Jul 17, 2027 | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 17, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,439,940 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2025 | May 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2011/062449 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,039,722 | this patent Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 10,220,122 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 11,213,618 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
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 30, 2014 Reel 32794, frame 689 | Chomas, James E.; Merchant, Adnan I.; Clark, Robert L., III; Brian, Ben F., III | Cabochon Aesthetics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 30, 2014 Reel 32795, frame 126 | Cabochon Aesthetics, Inc. | Ulthera, Inc. | Merger |
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What's changing
Jul 2027
Term ends Jul 17, 2027. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 131 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 8,439,940, US 8,518,069.
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2015 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.