Also listed on Lumenis Ltd, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 20, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 9, 2027
Held by Lumenis Be Ltd.
Filed Nov 9, 2007 as application 11/937,917 · Granted Aug 11, 2015
Base term plus 742 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Nov 9, 2007
Nov 9, 2007
Term ends
Nov 20, 2029
Nov 20, 2029
Granted
Aug 11, 2015
Aug 11, 2015
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
742
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
4
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 742 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Nov 9, 2007, when this application, 11/937,917, was filed | Nov 9, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +742 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 20, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 20, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,101,524 | this patent Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 10,085,911 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 10,888,491 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 11,723,829 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2008 Reel 21002, frame 246 | Aghion, Joseph | 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 |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2029
Term ends Nov 20, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 742 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
88
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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.