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Additive Fabrication Support Structures

US 11,203,162 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 5, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends May 11, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Jan 29, 2020 as application 16/776,363 · Granted Dec 21, 2021
Base term plus 37 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Apr 4, 2014
Term ends
May 11, 2034
Granted
Dec 21, 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
37
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.
6
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 37 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 Apr 4, 2014, when application 14/245,765, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 29, 2020)Apr 4, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+37 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 11, 2034High 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 orderMay 11, 2034High confidence

This family

Application 14/245,765Abandoned
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US 9,183,325In force
Apr 2034
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US 10,011,079In force
Apr 2034
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US 10,576,689In force
Apr 2034
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US 11,203,162this patent
May 2034
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US 11,801,646In force
Apr 2034
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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
Apr 20, 2020
Reel 52437, frame 649
Wighton, Shane; Lobovsky, Maxim; Schmidt-nielsen, PeterFormlabs, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's 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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