Term ends Jan 28, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 28, 2031
Held by Shine Technologies, LLC
Filed Aug 13, 2012 as application 13/575,826 · Granted Apr 13, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Jan 28, 2011
Jan 28, 2011
Term ends
Jan 28, 2031
Jan 28, 2031
Granted
Apr 13, 2021
Apr 13, 2021
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
4
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. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 28, 2011, when application PCT/US2011/023024, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 13, 2012) | Jan 28, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 28, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,978,214 | this patent Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 11,894,157 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 12,505,931 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
3 of 4 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2012 Reel 28829, frame 145 | Piefer, Gregory | Phoenix Nuclear Labs LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 22, 2012 Reel 28829, frame 227 | Phoenix Nuclear Labs LLC | Shine Medical Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 11, 2012 Reel 28932, frame 745 | Mackie, Thomas Rockwell | Shine Medical Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 20, 2018 Reel 47555, frame 830 | Shine Medical Technologies, Inc. | Deerfield Management Company, L.p. | Security Interest |
| Jan 11, 2021 Reel 54960, frame 567 | Shine Medical Technologies, Inc. | Shine Medical Technologies, LLC | Certificate of Conversion and Change of Name |
| Oct 15, 2021 Reel 57827, frame 843 | Shine Medical Technologies, LLC | Shine Technologies, LLC | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Jan 2031
Term ends Jan 28, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
35
later US patents cite this one
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