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

US 9,435,793 In force
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Term ends Jan 5, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Dec 14, 2011 as application 13/326,023 · Granted Sep 6, 2016
Base term plus 825 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2031
Clock starts
Oct 2, 2008
Term ends
Jan 5, 2031
Granted
Sep 6, 2016
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
825
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term runs 825 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Oct 2, 2008, when application 12/244,723, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 14, 2011)Oct 2, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+825 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 5, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 5, 2031High 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
Feb 28, 2012
Reel 27775, frame 662
Burd, Tammy; Gibbons, Ian; Holmes, Elizabeth A.; Frenzel, 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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