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Modular Point-Of-Care Devices, Systems, and Uses Thereof

US 8,088,593 In force
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Term ends Oct 2, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Oct 2, 2008 as application 12/244,723 · Granted Jan 3, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2028
Clock starts
Oct 2, 2008
Term ends
Oct 2, 2028
Granted
Jan 3, 2012
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
22
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Oct 2, 2008, when this application, 12/244,723, was filedOct 2, 2028High 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 events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 2, 2028High confidence

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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 14, 2010
Reel 24389, frame 186
Burd, Tammy; Gibbons, Ian; Holmes, Elizabeth A.; Fenzel, Gary; Nugent, Anthony JosephTheranos, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 12, 2017
Reel 44838, frame 909
Theranos Inc.Theranos IP Company, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 12, 2017
Reel 44839, frame 568
Theranos IP Company, LLCFortress Credit Corp.Security Interest
Jan 16, 2018
Reel 45101, frame 315
Theranos, Inc.Theranos IP Company, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 7, 2020
Reel 52329, frame 716
Theranos IP Company LLCLabrador Diagnostics LLCChange of Name

Sources

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

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