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An Optical Sensor System and Methods of Use Thereof

US 10,401,377 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 19, 2022 (Micatu Holdings, Inc.).

Term ends May 24, 2035 · High confidence

Held by Micatu Inc.
Filed Aug 8, 2016 as application 15/117,366 · Granted Sep 3, 2019
Base term plus 100 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Feb 13, 2015
Term ends
May 24, 2035
Granted
Sep 3, 2019
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
100
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
2
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 100 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 13, 2015, when application PCT/US2015/015763, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 8, 2016)Feb 13, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+100 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 24, 2035High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 24, 2035High 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
Nov 10, 2016
Reel 40582, frame 387
Pradhan, Atul; Oshetski, MichaelMicatu Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 8, 2021
Reel 54940, frame 803
Micatu Inc.Silicon Valley BankIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Jan 25, 2022
Reel 58838, frame 781
Micatu Inc.Transamerica Life Insurance CompanySecurity Interest
Dec 5, 2022
Reel 62064, frame 628
Pradhan, Atul; Oshetski, MichaelMicatu Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 19, 2022
Reel 62143, frame 771
Silicon Valley BankMicatu Holdings, Inc.Lien
Jan 9, 2023
Reel 62312, frame 124
Silicon Valley BankMicatu Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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