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Systems and Methods for Reshaping an Eye Feature

US 9,044,308 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 9, 2012 (Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.).

Term ends May 24, 2032 · High confidence

Held by Avedro, Inc.
Filed May 24, 2012 as application 13/480,127 · Granted Jun 2, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
May 24, 2012
Term ends
May 24, 2032
Granted
Jun 2, 2015
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.
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 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

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 24, 2012, when this application, 13/480,127, was filedMay 24, 2032High 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 events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 24, 2032High confidence

This family

US 8,574,277In force
Apr 2031
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US 9,044,308this patent
May 2032
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US 9,707,126In force
Feb 2031
Feb 2031
Application 13/841,617Abandoned
not computed
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Application PCT/US2013/032567PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 8,870,934In force
Oct 2030
Oct 2030
Application 14/072,640Abandoned
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US 9,498,642In force
Jun 2031
Jun 2031
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
Jul 26, 2012
Reel 28650, frame 882
Muller, David; Thompson, VanceAvedro, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 9, 2012
Reel 28768, frame 537
Avedro, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VI, Inc.Security Agreement
Apr 27, 2017
Reel 42167, frame 671
Avedro, Inc.Orbimed Royalty Opportunities II, LPSecurity Interest
May 1, 2017
Reel 42390, frame 659
Avedro, Inc.Orbimed Royalty Opportunities II, LPCorrective 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, LPAvedro, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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