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US 10,552,878 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends no later than Sep 18, 2034 · 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 Jul 3, 2018 as application 16/027,147 · Granted Feb 4, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Sep 18, 2014
Ends no later than
Sep 18, 2034
Granted
Feb 4, 2020
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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
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. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. 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 Sep 18, 2014, when application 14/490,536, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 3, 2018)Sep 18, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Sep 18, 2034Medium confidence

This family

US 10,037,552In force
Apr 2036
Apr 2036
US 10,552,878this patent
no later than Sep 2034
no later than Sep 2034
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
Nov 14, 2018
Reel 47502, frame 125
Adomic, Inc.Pathmatics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 26, 2019
Reel 51123, frame 695
Lorimor, Thomas George; Gottlieb, Gabriel Richard; Carpenter, Scott DanielAdomic, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 17, 2021
Reel 56265, frame 295
Pathmatics, Inc.Pnc Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Mar 15, 2024
Reel 66781, frame 974
Pathmatics, Inc.; Data. AI Inc.Bain Capital Credit, LPSecurity Interest
Mar 18, 2024
Reel 66816, frame 815
Pnc Bank, National AssociationPathmatics, Inc.Release of Security Interest Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (056265/0295)
Dec 9, 2025
Reel 73917, frame 184
Adomic, Inc.Pathmatics, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

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

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