The Patent Finder
US

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Pulse Sequence, Acquistion, and Processing System and Method

US 10,646,135 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Mar 15, 2033 · Low confidence

Filed Aug 10, 2018 as application 16/100,788 · Granted May 12, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2013
Term ends
Mar 15, 2033
Granted
May 12, 2020
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,345,421, to Mar 15, 2033. 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.
8
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: Low. 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 15, 2013, when application 13/843,117, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 10, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Mar 15, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,345,421)resolves to Mar 15, 2033, 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
Further caveats on recordThe record names parents not resolved: 15160423, 14625918, 13843117Low confidence overallLow confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 15, 2033Low confidence

This family

US 8,965,094In force
May 2033
May 2033
US 9,345,421In force
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
US 10,045,711In force
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
US 10,646,135this patent
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
US 11,179,057In force
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
US 11,633,124In force
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
US 12,097,020In force
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
Application 18/759,696Pending
not computed
not computed
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
Nov 8, 2019
Reel 50962, frame 924
Peacock, James Clayton, III; Claude, John Patrick; Kane, Paul Henry; Pradenas, Ricardo DarioNocimed, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 8, 2019
Reel 50977, frame 363
Nocimed, LLCNocimed, Inc.Change of Name
Dec 23, 2019
Reel 51415, frame 283
Nocimed, Inc.Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLPSecurity Interest
Mar 16, 2022
Reel 59374, frame 703
Nocimed, Inc.Aclarion, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

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

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

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

The Patent Finder CompaniesExpirationsCalculatorWatchlistPricing MethodologyCorrectionsLegalPrivacysupport@thepatentfinder.com Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) Part of 137 Finder · © 2026 137 Finder LLC · Sources cited