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Method and Apparatus for Wide-Band Phase Gradient Signal Acquisition

US 11,395,618 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Apr 26, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Jan 27, 2020 as application 16/773,099 · Granted Jul 26, 2022
Base term plus 243 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2037
Clock starts
Aug 26, 2016
Term ends
Apr 26, 2037
Granted
Jul 26, 2022
base term patent term adjustment 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
243
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,542,897, to Apr 26, 2037. 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.
4
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 243 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Aug 26, 2016, when application 15/248,838, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 27, 2020)Aug 26, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+243 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 26, 2037High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,542,897)resolves to Apr 26, 2037, 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 orderApr 26, 2037High confidence

This family

US 10,542,897In force
Aug 2037
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US 11,395,618this patent
Apr 2037
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US 12,011,275In force
Aug 2037
Aug 2037
Application 18/744,902Pending
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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
Oct 27, 2020
Reel 54228, frame 179
Gupta, Sunny; Crawford, Don; Burton, Timothy; Ramchandani, Shyamlal; Canavan, KristineAnalytics for Life Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 19, 2021
Reel 56906, frame 294
Gupta, Sunny; Crawford, Don; Burton, Timothy; Ramchandani, Shyamlal; Canavan, KristineAnalytics for Life Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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