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Visualization and Characterization of Pulmonary Lobar Fissures

US 9,390,498 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 29, 2024 (Western Alliance Bank).

Lapsed Jul 12, 2024 on the fee record · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Apr 18, 2015 as application 14/690,391 · Granted Jul 12, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jul 12, 2024
2013 2033
Clock starts
Mar 14, 2013
No longer in force
Jul 12, 2024
Granted
Jul 12, 2016
Term would have run to
Mar 14, 2033
base term after the term ends 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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
2
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 Mar 14, 2033: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Mar 14, 2013, when application 13/804,542, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 18, 2015)Mar 14, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jul 12, 2024High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 12, 2024Medium confidence

This family

US 9,014,445In force
Oct 2033
Oct 2033
US 9,390,498this patent
Jul 2024
Jul 2024
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
Apr 18, 2015
Reel 35442, frame 817
Yin, Youbing; Newell, John D., JR.; Raffy, Philippe; Wood, Susan A.Vida Diagnostics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 18, 2024
Reel 66812, frame 125
Vida Diagnostics, Inc.Live Oak Banking CompanySecurity Interest
Jul 29, 2024
Reel 68111, frame 257
Vida Diagnostics, Inc.Western Alliance BankSecurity Interest
Aug 8, 2024
Reel 68224, frame 809
Live Oak Banking CompanyVida Diagnostics, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 10, 2025
Reel 72536, frame 164
Vida Diagnostics, Inc.Broadoak Income Fund, L.p.Security Interest

Sources

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

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