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Method of Forming Pores in Three-Dimensional Objects

US 10,661,391 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 23, 2018 (Pacific Western Bank).

Lapsed May 26, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Nlight, Inc.
Filed Jan 29, 2018 as application 15/882,292 · Granted May 26, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed May 26, 2024
2017 2037
Clock starts
May 26, 2017
No longer in force
May 26, 2024
Granted
May 26, 2020
Term would have run to
May 26, 2037
base term after the term ends 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.
0 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.
79
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to May 26, 2037: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 26, 2017, when applications 15/607,399, 15/607,410, 15/607,411 and PCT/US2017/034848, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Jan 29, 2018)May 26, 2037High 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 events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed May 26, 2024High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 26, 2024High confidence

This family

US 10,423,015In force
May 2037
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US 10,663,767In force
May 2037
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US 10,295,845In force
May 2037
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Application PCT/US2017/034848PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,661,391this patent
May 2024
May 2024
Application PCT/US2018/015710PCT application
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Application PCT/US2018/015768PCT application
no patent term
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US 10,668,535In force
May 2037
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8 of 79 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
Jul 9, 2018
Reel 46297, frame 346
Brown, Aaron; Victor, Brian; Martinsen, Robert; Kliner, Dahv A.v.; Farrow, RogerNlight Photonics CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 17, 2018
Reel 47259, frame 894
Nlight Photonics CorporationNlight, Inc.Change of Name
Oct 23, 2018
Reel 47291, frame 833
Nlight, Inc.Pacific Western BankSecurity Interest

Sources

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