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Apparatus and Method for Monitoring Power of a Uv Laser

US 7,848,378 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 6, 2021 (Midcap Financial Trust).

Term ended Aug 3, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Aug 3, 2006 as application 11/498,382 · Granted Dec 7, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Aug 3, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Aug 3, 2006
Term ended
Aug 3, 2026
Granted
Dec 7, 2010
base term after the term ends 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.
3 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.
46
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 3, 2006, when this application, 11/498,382, was filedAug 3, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 3, 2026High confidence

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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
Aug 3, 2006
Reel 18155, frame 806
Levatter, Jeffrey I.Photomedex, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 16, 2010
Reel 24244, frame 480
Photomedex, Inc.; Procyte Corporation; Photo Therapeutics, Inc.; SLT Technology, Inc.Perseus Partners Vii, L.p.Security Agreement
Dec 13, 2011
Reel 27374, frame 134
Perseus Partners Vii, L.p.Photomedex, Inc.; Procyte Corporation; Photo Therapeutics, Inc.; SLT Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents
Dec 13, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Perseus Partners Vii, L.p.Photomedex, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents
Dec 13, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Perseus Partners Vii, L.p.Procyte CorporationRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Dec 13, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Perseus Partners Vii, L.p.Photo Therapeutics, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents
Dec 13, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Perseus Partners Vii, L.p.SLT Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Patents
May 14, 2014
Reel 32892, frame 586
Photomedex, Inc.; Gatorade Acquisition Corp.; Radiancy, Inc.; Photomedex Technology, Inc.; Lumiere, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 23, 2015
Reel 36007, frame 222
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Photomedex, Inc.; Gatorade Acquisition Corp.; Radiancy, Inc.; Photomedex Technology, Inc.; Lumiere, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 23, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Photomedex, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 23, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Gatorade Acquisition Corp.Release of Security Interest
Jun 23, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Radiancy, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 23, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Photomedex Technology, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 23, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Lumiere, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Aug 3, 2015
Reel 36236, frame 201
Photomedex, Inc.Photomedex Technology, Inc.Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment
Aug 3, 2015
Reel 36236, frame 243
Photomedex Technology, Inc.Mela Sciences, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 31, 2015
Reel 37391, frame 451
Mela Sciences, Inc.Midcap Financial Trust, As AgentSecurity Interest
Oct 20, 2017
Reel 44255, frame 358
Mela Sciences, Inc.Strata Skin Sciences, Inc.Change of Name
Jan 20, 2020
Reel 51558, frame 510
Midcap Financial TrustStrata Skin Sciences, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 6, 2021
Reel 57717, frame 796
Strata Skin Sciences, Inc.Midcap Financial TrustSecurity Interest

Sources

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