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Three-Dimensional Printed Dental Appliances Using Lattices

US 10,881,486 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 29, 2023 (Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company).

Term ends Aug 31, 2036 · High confidence

Filed May 13, 2019 as application 16/410,368 · Granted Jan 5, 2021
Base term plus 81 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Aug 5, 2016
Term ends
Aug 31, 2036
Granted
Jan 5, 2021
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
81
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,335,250.
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.
18
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 runs 81 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Aug 5, 2016, when application 15/230,193, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 13, 2019)Aug 5, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+81 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 25, 2036High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,335,250)capped to Aug 31, 2036High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 31, 2036High confidence

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US 10,624,717In force
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US 10,548,690In force
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Application PCT/US2017/057375PCT application
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8 of 18 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
May 13, 2019
Reel 49159, frame 674
Wen, HuafengUlab Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 29, 2023
Reel 65386, frame 799
Ulab Systems, Inc.Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanySecurity Interest

Sources

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

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