Collateral for a security interest recorded May 30, 2025 (U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association).
Term ends Jan 29, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 29, 2029
Held by Hydrafacial LLC
Filed May 5, 2017 as application 15/588,102 · Granted Feb 11, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jan 29, 2009
Jan 29, 2009
Term ends
Jan 29, 2029
Jan 29, 2029
Granted
Feb 11, 2020
Feb 11, 2020
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,814,836, to Jan 29, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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.
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is 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 Jan 29, 2009, when application 12/362,353, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 5, 2017) | Jan 29, 2029 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,814,836) | resolves to Jan 29, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 29, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,056,193 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 8,814,836 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 9,642,997 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| US 11,020,577 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 10,556,097 | this patent Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| Application 16/784,850 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US 12,161,830 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 12,186,513 | In force Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 2020 Reel 52377, frame 738 | Edge Systems LLC | Silver Point Finance, LLC, as Agent | Security Interest |
| May 11, 2021 Reel 56675, frame 606 | Silver Point Finance, LLC | Edge Systems Intermediate, LLC; Edge Systems LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 11, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Silver Point Finance, LLC | Edge Systems Intermediate, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 11, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Silver Point Finance, LLC | Edge Systems LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 3, 2022 Reel 58526, frame 897 | Edge Systems LLC | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 15, 2022 Reel 60812, frame 443 | Ignon, Roger; Nicolas, Ed F. | Edge Systems Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 16, 2022 Reel 61201, frame 717 | Edge Systems Corporation | Edge Systems LLC | Change of Name |
| Aug 17, 2022 Reel 61203, frame 141 | Edge Systems LLC | Hydrafacial LLC | Change of Name |
| Aug 6, 2024 Reel 68378, frame 60 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Hydrafacial LLC (Formerly Known as Edge Systems LLC) | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel/Frame No. 58526/0897 |
| May 30, 2025 Reel 71475, frame 338 | Hydrafacial LLC | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2029
Term ends Jan 29, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,814,836, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
46
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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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.