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Method and System for Imaging a Cell Sample

US 11,803,964 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends May 23, 2034 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 11,295,440), so the cap could be lower.

Filed Jan 14, 2022 as application 17/576,023 · Granted Oct 31, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
May 23, 2014
Term ends
May 23, 2034
Granted
Oct 31, 2023
base term 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,295,440, to May 23, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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.
5
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 resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are 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 May 23, 2014, when application 14/285,672, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 14, 2022)May 23, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,295,440)resolves to May 23, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no changeMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 23, 2034Medium confidence

This family

US 10,176,565In force
Jun 2035
Jun 2035
US 11,100,634In force
May 2034
May 2034
US 11,295,440In force
no later than May 2034
no later than May 2034
US 11,803,964this patent
May 2034
May 2034
US 12,430,765In force
May 2034
May 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
Jul 3, 2022
Reel 60393, frame 580
S.D. Sight Diagnostics Ltd.Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M.Security Interest
Nov 28, 2023
Reel 65673, frame 880
Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M.S.D. Sight Diagnostics Ltd.Release of Security Interest
Dec 7, 2023
Reel 65788, frame 1
S.D. Sight Diagnostics Ltd.Kreos Capital VII Aggregator SCSPSecurity Interest
Jan 23, 2025
Reel 69993, frame 260
Kreos Capital VII Aggregator SCSPS.D. Sight Diagnostics Ltd.Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement

Sources

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

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