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Systems and Methods for Creating an Effect Using Microwave Energy to Specified Tissue

US 9,427,285 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 1, 2024 (Western Alliance Bank).

Term ends Apr 18, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Apr 21, 2008 as application 12/107,025 · Granted Aug 30, 2016
Base term plus 1193 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2028
Clock starts
Apr 18, 2008
Term ends
Apr 18, 2028
Granted
Aug 30, 2016
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
1,193
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 8,401,668.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
32
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 1193 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 2 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 18, 2008, when applications PCT/US2008/060922, PCT/US2008/060929, PCT/US2008/060935 and PCT/US2008/060940, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Apr 21, 2008)Apr 18, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1193 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 25, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,401,668)capped to Apr 18, 2028High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 18, 2028High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2008/060929PCT application
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Application PCT/US2008/060922PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application PCT/US2008/060935PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application PCT/US2008/060940PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,427,285this patent
Apr 2028
Apr 2028
Application PCT/US2008/013650PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application 12/450,860Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 9,149,331In force
no later than Jan 2030
no later than Jan 2030
8 of 32 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 15, 2009
Reel 22119, frame 587
Deem, Mark E.; Francis, Dan; Johnson, Jessi Ernest; Kim, Steven; Salamini, Alexey; Su, Ted; Smith, Peter; Hallock, DanThe Foundry, Inc.; Miramar Labs, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 15, 2009
reel/frame not recorded
Kim, Steven; Francis, Dan; Johnson, Jessi Ernest; Su, Ted; Hallock, Dan; Salamini, Alexey; Deem, Mark E.; Smith, PeterThe Foundry, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 15, 2009
reel/frame not recorded
Kim, Steven; Francis, Dan; Johnson, Jessi Ernest; Su, Ted; Hallock, Dan; Salamini, Alexey; Deem, Mark E.; Smith, PeterMiramar Labs, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 21, 2010
Reel 23823, frame 6
The Foundry, Inc.Miramar Labs, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 26, 2010
Reel 23868, frame 143
The Foundry, Inc.Miramar Labs, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 8, 2017
Reel 41510, frame 935
Miramar Technologies, Inc.Oxford Finance LLCSecurity Interest
Jul 28, 2017
Reel 43362, frame 811
Sientra, Inc.; Miramar Labs, Inc.Midcap Financial Trust, As AgentSecurity Interest
Aug 18, 2017
Reel 43331, frame 505
Oxford Finance LLCMiramar Technologies, Inc. F/K/A Miramar Labs, Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 3, 2018
Reel 45706, frame 690
Miramar Labs, Inc.Miramar Technologies, Inc.Change of Name
May 3, 2018
Reel 45707, frame 330
Miramar Technologies, Inc.Miradry, Inc.Change of Name
Mar 13, 2019
Reel 48588, frame 123
Midcap Funding X Trust (as Successor to Midcap Financial Trust)Midcap Funding IV Trust, Successor AgentSecurity Interest
Jul 2, 2019
Reel 49650, frame 1
Sientra, Inc.; Miradry Holdings, Inc.; Miradry, Inc.; Miradry International, Inc.Midcap Financial Trust, As AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 23, 2021
Reel 55379, frame 16
Sientra, Inc.; Miradry Holdings, Inc.; Miradry, Inc.; Miradry International, Inc.Midcap Funding IV Trust, as AgentSecurity Interest Supplement (REVOLVING)
Feb 23, 2021
Reel 55436, frame 1
Sientra, Inc.; Miradry Holdings, Inc.; Miradry, Inc.; Miradry International, Inc.Midcap Financial Trust, As AgentReaffirmation Agreement and Amendment to Security Agreement (TERM)
Jun 22, 2021
Reel 56648, frame 1
Midcap Funding IV TrustMiradry Holdings, Inc.; Miradry, Inc.; Miradry International, Inc.Release of Security Interest (REVOLVING)
Jun 22, 2021
Reel 56648, frame 44
Midcap Financial TrustMiradry Holdings, Inc.; Miradry, Inc.; Miradry International, Inc.Release of Security Interest (TERM)
Jun 22, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Midcap Funding IV TrustMiradry Holdings, Inc.Release of Security Interest (REVOLVING)
Jun 22, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Midcap Funding IV TrustMiradry, Inc.Release of Security Interest (REVOLVING)
Jun 22, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Midcap Funding IV TrustMiradry International, Inc.Release of Security Interest (REVOLVING)
Jun 22, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Midcap Financial TrustMiradry Holdings, Inc.Release of Security Interest (TERM)
Jun 22, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Midcap Financial TrustMiradry, Inc.Release of Security Interest (TERM)
Jun 22, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Midcap Financial TrustMiradry International, Inc.Release of Security Interest (TERM)
Nov 22, 2022
Reel 61983, frame 486
Midcap Funding IV TrustSientra, Inc.; Mist Holdings, Inc.; Mist, Inc.; Mist International, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 22, 2022
Reel 61983, frame 573
Midcap Financial TrustSientra, Inc.; Mist Holdings, Inc.; Mist, Inc.; Mist International, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 22, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Midcap Funding IV TrustSientra, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 22, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Midcap Funding IV TrustMist Holdings, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 22, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Midcap Funding IV TrustMist, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 22, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Midcap Funding IV TrustMist International, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 22, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Midcap Financial TrustSientra, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 22, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Midcap Financial TrustMist Holdings, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 22, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Midcap Financial TrustMist, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 22, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Midcap Financial TrustMist International, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 1, 2024
Reel 68752, frame 533
Miradry, Inc.Western Alliance BankSecurity Interest

Sources

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