Term ends May 23, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 23, 2036
Held by Avedro, Inc.
Filed May 23, 2016 as application 15/161,302 · Granted Jul 24, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
May 23, 2016
May 23, 2016
Term ends
May 23, 2036
May 23, 2036
Granted
Jul 24, 2018
Jul 24, 2018
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
12
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 23, 2016, when this application, 15/161,302, was filed | May 23, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | May 23, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 62/069,094 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2015/057628 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,114,205 | In force Apr 2036 | Apr 2036 |
| US 10,350,111 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| Application PCT/US2016/029559 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,028,657 | this patent May 2036 | May 2036 |
| US 11,207,410 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 11,219,553 | In force Mar 2036 | Mar 2036 |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2016 Reel 39917, frame 133 | Friedman, Marc D. | Avedro, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 27, 2017 Reel 42167, frame 671 | Avedro, Inc. | Orbimed Royalty Opportunities II, LP | Security Interest |
| May 1, 2017 Reel 42390, frame 659 | Avedro, Inc. | Orbimed Royalty Opportunities II, LP | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Incorrect Serial No. 14/140,184 Previously Recorded at Reel: 042167 Frame: 0671. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Nov 21, 2019 Reel 51080, frame 756 | Orbimed Royalty Opportunities II, LP | Avedro, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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What's changing
May 2036
Term ends May 23, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
26
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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