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Device and Method for Sterilizing and Storage of Laboratory Consumables

US 10,953,118 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 22, 2026 (Escalate Capital V, LP).

Term ends Apr 10, 2039 · High confidence

Filed Jan 5, 2018 as application 15/863,030 · Granted Mar 23, 2021
Base term plus 460 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2039
Clock starts
Jan 5, 2018
Term ends
Apr 10, 2039
Granted
Mar 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
460
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.
4
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 460 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Jan 5, 2018, when this application, 15/863,030, was filedJan 5, 2038High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+460 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 10, 2039High 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 orderApr 10, 2039High confidence

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US 10,953,118this patent
Apr 2039
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US 11,786,617In force
Dec 2038
Dec 2038
US 12,263,263In force
Jan 2038
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Application 19/062,426Pending
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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 5, 2018
Reel 44545, frame 28
Safavi, Ali; Finnigan, Thomas PatrickGrenova, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 13, 2018
Reel 47509, frame 347
Grenova, LLCGrenova, Inc.Change of Name
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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