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Devices, Systems and Methods for Treating the Skin Using Time-Release Substances

US 8,814,836 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 30, 2025 (U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association).

Term ends May 25, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Jul 8, 2010 as application 12/832,663 · Granted Aug 26, 2014
Base term plus 116 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2029
Clock starts
Jan 29, 2009
Term ends
May 25, 2029
Granted
Aug 26, 2014
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
116
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
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 runs 116 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 29, 2009, when application 12/362,353, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 8, 2010)Jan 29, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+116 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 25, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 25, 2029High confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 28, 2012
Reel 29549, frame 27
Edge Systems Intermediate Corporation; Edge Systems LLCComerica Bank, a Texas Banking AssociationSecurity Agreement
Jul 11, 2016
Reel 39302, frame 923
Edge Systems CorporationEdge Systems LLCConverted
Oct 21, 2016
Reel 40087, frame 852
Ignon, Roger; Nicolas, Ed F.Edge Systems CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 4, 2016
Reel 40806, frame 18
Comerica BankEdge Systems Intermediate Corporation; Edge Systems LLCRelease of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 029549/0027
Dec 4, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Comerica BankEdge Systems Intermediate CorporationRelease of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 029549/0027
Dec 4, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Comerica BankEdge Systems LLCRelease of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 029549/0027
Dec 6, 2016
Reel 40538, frame 26
Edge Systems Intermediate Corporation; Edge Systems LLCSilver Point Finance, LLCSecurity Interest
May 11, 2021
Reel 56675, frame 606
Silver Point Finance, LLCEdge Systems Intermediate, LLC; Edge Systems LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 11, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Silver Point Finance, LLCEdge Systems Intermediate, LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 11, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Silver Point Finance, LLCEdge Systems LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jan 3, 2022
Reel 58526, frame 897
Edge Systems LLCJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Aug 15, 2022
Reel 61178, frame 138
Edge Systems LLCHydrafacial LLCChange of Name
Aug 6, 2024
Reel 68378, frame 60
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentHydrafacial 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 LLCU.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement

Sources

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

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