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Systems and Methods for Assessment of Contact Quality

US 10,143,517 In force (reinstated)
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Luxcath, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jan 13, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Nov 3, 2015 as application 14/931,325 · Granted Dec 4, 2018
Base term plus 437 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2037
Clock starts
Nov 3, 2015
Term ends
Jan 13, 2037
Granted
Dec 4, 2018
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
437
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
3
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This patent's term runs 437 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Nov 3, 2015, when this application, 14/931,325, was filedNov 3, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+437 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 13, 2037High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn force (reinstated)High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 13, 2037High confidence

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US 10,143,517this patent
Jan 2037
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US 10,682,179In force
Nov 2035
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US 11,596,472In force
Nov 2035
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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
Mar 23, 2016
Reel 38228, frame 73
Ransbury, Terrance J.; Armstrong, Kenneth C.; Amirana, Omar; Larson, Cinnamon; Bowen, JamesLuxcath, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 20, 2019
Reel 49536, frame 751
Luxcath, LLC460MEDICAL, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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