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Pipette Tip Washing Device

US 10,631,707 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 22, 2026 (Escalate Capital V, LP).

Term ends Apr 30, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Mar 21, 2019 as application 16/361,059 · Granted Apr 28, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Apr 30, 2014
Term ends
Apr 30, 2034
Granted
Apr 28, 2020
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,576,175, US 9,421,289, to Apr 30, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
11
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Apr 30, 2014, when application 14/266,330, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 21, 2019)Apr 30, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,576,175, US 9,421,289)resolves to Apr 30, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 30, 2034High confidence

This family

US 9,421,289In force
Feb 2035
Feb 2035
US 9,579,696In force
Apr 2034
Apr 2034
US 9,744,570In force
Dec 2034
Dec 2034
US 10,285,564In force
Feb 2035
Feb 2035
US 10,155,055In force
Oct 2034
Oct 2034
US 10,576,175In force
Apr 2034
Apr 2034
US 10,631,707this patent
Apr 2034
Apr 2034
Application 16/744,924Abandoned
not computed
not computed
8 of 11 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
Mar 21, 2019
Reel 48666, frame 313
Safavi, Ali; Anderson, TaylorGrenova, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 21, 2019
Reel 48672, frame 259
Grenova, LLCGrenova, Inc.Entity Conversion
Jul 22, 2026
Reel 75356, frame 61
Grenova, Inc.Escalate Capital V, LPSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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