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Dry Eye Treatment Apparatus and Methods

US 9,724,230 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 28, 2019 (Midcap Financial Trust).

Term ends Jan 4, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Jan 4, 2012 as application 13/343,407 · Granted Aug 8, 2017
Base term plus 608 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Jan 4, 2012
Term ends
Jan 4, 2032
Granted
Aug 8, 2017
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
608
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 9,510,972, US 9,642,743.
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.
21
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 608 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: 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 Jan 4, 2012, when this application, 13/343,407, was filedJan 4, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+608 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 3, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,510,972, US 9,642,743)capped to Jan 4, 2032High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 4, 2032High confidence

This family

US 9,724,230this patent
Jan 2032
Jan 2032
US 9,510,972In force
Feb 2032
Feb 2032
Application PCT/US2012/059384PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,973,680In force
Mar 2032
Mar 2032
US 9,844,459In force
Feb 2032
Feb 2032
US 9,642,743In force
Jan 2032
Jan 2032
Application PCT/US2016/065876PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 11,285,040In force
Jun 2033
Jun 2033
8 of 21 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 20, 2012
Reel 27568, frame 835
Badawi, PaulSight Sciences, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 28, 2019
Reel 48149, frame 209
Sight Sciences, Inc.Midcap Financial Trust, As AgentSecurity Agreement (TERM Loan)
Jan 28, 2019
Reel 49670, frame 542
Sight Sciences, Inc.Midcap Financial Trust, As AgentSecurity Agreement (Revolving Loan)
Nov 25, 2020
Reel 54524, frame 8
Sight Sciences, Inc.Midcap Funding IV Trust, as AgentReaffirmed and Amended Security Interest (REVOLVING)
Nov 25, 2020
Reel 54524, frame 20
Sight Sciences, Inc.Midcap Financial Trust, As AgentReaffirmed and Amended Security Interest (TERM)
Jul 24, 2023
Reel 64354, frame 155
Midcap Funding IV TrustSight Sciences, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 23, 2024
Reel 66364, frame 162
Sight Sciences, Inc.Hercules Capital, Inc., as AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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