Term ends Mar 15, 2033 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 15, 2033
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Aclarion, Inc.
Filed May 7, 2020 as application 16/869,182 · Granted Nov 23, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2013
Mar 15, 2013
Term ends
Mar 15, 2033
Mar 15, 2033
Granted
Nov 23, 2021
Nov 23, 2021
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.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 15, 2013, when application 13/843,117, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 7, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 15, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 15, 2033 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,965,094 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 9,345,421 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 10,045,711 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 10,646,135 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 11,179,057 | this patent Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 11,633,124 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 12,097,020 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| Application 18/759,696 | Pending 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2021 Reel 57880, frame 236 | Peacock, James Clayton, III; Claude, John Patrick; Kane, Paul Henry; Pradenas, Ricardo Dario | Nocimed, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 22, 2021 Reel 57892, frame 824 | Nocimed, LLC | Nocimed, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Mar 16, 2022 Reel 59373, frame 93 | Nocimed, Inc. | Aclarion, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2033
Term ends Mar 15, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
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