Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 19, 2024 (Ew Healthcare Partners, L.P.).
Term ends Mar 7, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 28, 2026
Held by Venus Concept Inc.
Filed Feb 11, 2014 as application 14/177,462 · Granted Dec 27, 2016
Base term plus 313 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Apr 28, 2006
Apr 28, 2006
Term ends
Mar 7, 2027
Mar 7, 2027
Granted
Dec 27, 2016
Dec 27, 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
313
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 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.
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 313 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 28, 2006, when application 11/380,907, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 11, 2014) | Apr 28, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +313 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 7, 2027 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 7, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,962,192 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 8,690,894 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 9,526,581 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 10,299,871 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2023 | May 2023 |
| US 10,327,850 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2014 Reel 32373, frame 475 | Bodduluri, Mohan; Gildenberg, Philip L; Caddes, Donald E | Restoration Robotics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 10, 2018 Reel 46125, frame 518 | Restoration Robotics, Inc. | Solar Capital Ltd. | Short-Form Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 7, 2019 Reel 50965, frame 765 | Solar Capital Ltd. | Restoration Robotics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 7, 2019 Reel 50966, frame 741 | Solar Capital Ltd. | Restoration Robotics, Inc. | Termination of Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 2, 2019 Reel 51156, frame 892 | Venus Concept Inc. | Madryn Health Partners, LP | Security Interest |
| Oct 7, 2021 Reel 57843, frame 981 | Restoration Robotics, Inc. | Venus Concept Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 13, 2021 Reel 57788, frame 712 | Restoration Robotics, Inc. | Venus Concept Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 19, 2024 Reel 66354, frame 565 | Venus Concept Inc. | Ew Healthcare Partners, L.p. | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2027
Term ends Mar 7, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 313 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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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.