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Predicting Total Nucleic Acid Yield and Dissection Boundaries for Histology Slides

US 11,348,240 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends May 14, 2039 · High confidence

Filed Dec 31, 2020 as application 17/139,798 · Granted May 31, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2039
Clock starts
May 14, 2019
Term ends
May 14, 2039
Granted
May 31, 2022
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,348,239, US 11,348,661, to May 14, 2039. 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.
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Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 May 14, 2019, when application 16/412,362, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 31, 2020)May 14, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,348,239, US 11,348,661)resolves to May 14, 2039, 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 orderMay 14, 2039High confidence

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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
Feb 19, 2021
Reel 55334, frame 371
Yip, Stephen; Ho, Irvin; Sha, Lingdao; Osinski, Boleslaw; Khan, Aly Azeem; Kruger, Andrew J.; Carlson, Michael; Greenwald, Abel; Willis, Caleb; Westley, Andrew; Jones, Ryan; Mahon, BrettTempus Labs, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 22, 2022
Reel 61506, frame 316
Tempus Labs, Inc.Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 9, 2024
Reel 66544, frame 110
Tempus Labs, Inc.Tempus AI, Inc.Change of Name
May 13, 2026
Reel 75608, frame 784
Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral AgentTempus AI, Inc. (F/K/A Tempus Labs, Inc.)Release of Security Interest

Sources

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