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Acoustic Pressure Shock Wave Devices and Methods for Fluids Processing

US 10,053,376 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 26, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Lapsed Aug 21, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Aug 8, 2016 as application 15/230,765 · Granted Aug 21, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 131 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 21, 2026
2016 2036
Clock starts
Aug 8, 2016
No longer in force
Aug 21, 2026
Granted
Aug 21, 2018
Term would have run to
Dec 17, 2036
base term patent term adjustment 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
131
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
7
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 Dec 17, 2036: its 20-year base term plus 131 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Aug 8, 2016, when this application, 15/230,765, was filedAug 8, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+131 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 17, 2036High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Aug 21, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 21, 2026High confidence

This family

US 10,053,376this patent
Aug 2026
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US 10,246,349In force
Sep 2036
Sep 2036
US 10,457,571In force
Oct 2036
Oct 2036
US 10,562,793In force
Aug 2036
Aug 2036
Application 16/504,607Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 11,254,589In force
Apr 2037
Apr 2037
US 12,110,238In force
Oct 2036
Oct 2036
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
Aug 16, 2016
Reel 39454, frame 778
Cioanta, Iulian; Jackson, JohnSanuwave, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 7, 2020
Reel 53436, frame 953
Sanuwave, Inc.NH Expansion Credit Fund Holdings LPSecurity Interest
Sep 26, 2025
Reel 72385, frame 128
Sanuwave, Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
Sep 30, 2025
Reel 72417, frame 134
NH Expansion Credit Fund Holdings LPSanuwave, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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