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Systems and Methods for an Improved Peel Operation During Additive Fabrication

US 10,926,457 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 29, 2020 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Aug 25, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Jun 13, 2019 as application 16/439,964 · Granted Feb 23, 2021
Base term plus 39 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Jul 17, 2014
Term ends
Aug 25, 2034
Granted
Feb 23, 2021
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
39
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,895,843, to Aug 25, 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.
4
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 39 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Jul 17, 2014, when application 14/333,885, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 13, 2019)Jul 17, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+39 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 25, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,895,843)resolves to Aug 25, 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 orderAug 25, 2034High confidence

This family

US 9,895,843In force
Nov 2035
Nov 2035
Application PCT/US2015/040246PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,369,747In force
no later than Jul 2034
no later than Jul 2034
US 10,926,457this patent
Aug 2034
Aug 2034
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
Jan 22, 2020
Reel 51589, frame 448
Lobovsky, Maxim; Thomas, Steven; Frantzdale, BenjaminFormlabs, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 29, 2020
Reel 51734, frame 886
Formlabs Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
Aug 5, 2022
Reel 61087, frame 1
Formlabs Inc.; Formlabs Ohio Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Amended and Restated Intellectual Property Security Agreement

Sources

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

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