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Device Having Activated Textured Surfaces for Treating Oral Tissue

US 8,241,035 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends no later than Aug 24, 2028 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Filed May 25, 2006 as application 11/441,788 · Granted Aug 14, 2012
Base term plus 822 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2028
Clock starts
May 25, 2006
Ends no later than
Aug 24, 2028
Granted
Aug 14, 2012
base term patent term adjustment 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
822
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
8
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 822 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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 May 25, 2006, when this application, 11/441,788, was filedMay 25, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+822 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 24, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Aug 24, 2028Medium confidence

This family

US 6,616,447Term ended
Nov 2021
Nov 2021
US 7,144,249Term ended
Nov 2021
Nov 2021
US 8,241,035this patent
no later than Aug 2028
no later than Aug 2028
Application 11/590,603Abandoned
not computed
not computed
Application 11/595,399Abandoned
not computed
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Application 11/595,096Abandoned
not computed
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Application 11/595,398Abandoned
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Application 12/711,797Abandoned
not computed
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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
Sep 14, 2006
Reel 18314, frame 112
Jones, Jeffrey W.; Rizoiu, Ioana M.; Boutoussov, DmitriBiolase Technology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 28, 2010
Reel 24900, frame 550
Biolase Technology, Inc.Midcap Financial, LLC, as Agent and as a LenderSecurity Agreement
Sep 30, 2010
Reel 25066, frame 488
Biolase Technology, Inc.; BL Acquisition Corp.; BL Acquisition II Inc.Henry Schein, Inc.Security Agreement
May 16, 2011
Reel 26285, frame 666
Midcap Financial, LLC, Agent and as LenderBiolase Technology, Inc.Security Agreement Payoff
May 9, 2012
Reel 28184, frame 218
Henry Schein, Inc.Biolase Technology, Inc.; BL Acquistion Corp.; BL Acquisition II Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 9, 2012
reel/frame not recorded
Henry Schein, Inc.Biolase Technology, Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 9, 2012
reel/frame not recorded
Henry Schein, Inc.BL Acquistion Corp.Release of Security Interest
May 9, 2012
reel/frame not recorded
Henry Schein, Inc.BL Acquisition II Inc.Release of Security Interest
Aug 17, 2012
Reel 28808, frame 365
Biolase Technology, Inc.Biolase, Inc.Change of Name
Nov 20, 2012
Reel 29328, frame 96
Biolase Technology, Inc.Biolase, Inc.Change of Name
Mar 7, 2018
Reel 45514, frame 540
Biolase, Inc.Western Alliance BankSecurity Interest
Nov 10, 2018
Reel 48101, frame 27
Western Alliance BankBiolase, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 16, 2018
Reel 47588, frame 192
Biolase, Inc.SWK Funding LLC, as AgentSecurity Interest
Oct 30, 2019
Reel 50879, frame 223
Biolase, Inc.Pacific Mercantile BankSecurity Interest
Dec 17, 2024
Reel 69715, frame 613
Biolase, Inc.; BL Acquisition Corp.; BL Acquisition II, Inc.Biolase MG LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

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