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Compact Beam Shaping and Steering Assembly

US 11,249,318 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Feb 15, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Dec 19, 2019 as application 16/721,611 · Granted Feb 15, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Feb 15, 2026
2017 2037
Clock starts
Dec 14, 2017
No longer in force
Feb 15, 2026
Granted
Feb 15, 2022
Term would have run to
Dec 14, 2037
base term after the term ends 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
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Its term would have run to Dec 14, 2037: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 14, 2017, when application 15/842,720, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 19, 2019)Dec 14, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Feb 15, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 15, 2026High confidence

This family

US 10,551,624In force
Dec 2037
Dec 2037
US 11,249,318this patent
Feb 2026
Feb 2026
US 12,235,463In force
Dec 2037
Dec 2037
Application 18/817,108Pending
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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
Dec 23, 2019
Reel 51354, frame 263
Rothberg, Jonathan M.; Glenn, Paul E.; Schultz, Jonathan C.; Cipriany, BenjaminQuantum-Si IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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