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Ultrasonic Multiplexing Network for Implantable Medical Devices

US 10,396,948 In force
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Term ends Jan 7, 2036 · High confidence

Filed Jun 14, 2017 as application 15/622,492 · Granted Aug 27, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Jan 7, 2016
Term ends
Jan 7, 2036
Granted
Aug 27, 2019
base term 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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.
58
Family applications on record here
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 7, 2016, when application PCT/US2016/012439, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 14, 2017)Jan 7, 2036High 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 events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 7, 2036High confidence

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Application PCT/US2010/026986PCT application
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Application PCT/US2012/064176PCT application
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Application 13/738,658Abandoned
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Application PCT/US2013/036586PCT application
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Application PCT/US2013/049114PCT application
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Application PCT/US2013/056854PCT application
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Application PCT/US2013/060666PCT application
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8 of 58 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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
Jun 20, 2017
Reel 42915, frame 268
Northeastern UniversityNational Science FoundationConfirmatory License
May 29, 2019
Reel 49308, frame 632
Melodia, Tommaso; Santagati, Giuseppe EnricoNortheastern UniversityAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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