Also listed on Lumenis Ltd, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Feb 24, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 7, 2032
Held by Lumenis Be Ltd.
Filed Dec 7, 2012 as application 13/707,834 · Granted May 10, 2016
Base term plus 444 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2034
Clock starts
Dec 7, 2012
Dec 7, 2012
Term ends
Feb 24, 2034
Feb 24, 2034
Granted
May 10, 2016
May 10, 2016
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
444
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.
9
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 444 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 Dec 7, 2012, when this application, 13/707,834, was filed | Dec 7, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +444 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 24, 2034 | 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 | Feb 24, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,333,370 | this patent Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
| US 10,085,814 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 10,426,564 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 10,478,264 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 11,065,076 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| Application 17/346,254 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 17/568,989 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 18/133,817 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2013 Reel 29971, frame 41 | Azoulay, Kfir | 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 |
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What's changing
Feb 2034
Term ends Feb 24, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 444 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
41
later US patents cite this one
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