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High Performance Fluorescence Imaging Module for Genomic Testing Assay

US 11,459,608 In force
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Term ends Jan 15, 2041 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Jul 9, 2021 as application 17/372,362 · Granted Oct 4, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2021 2041
Clock starts
Jan 15, 2021
Term ends
Jan 15, 2041
Granted
Oct 4, 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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. 1 of 3 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.
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 15, 2021, when application PCT/US2021/013696, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 9, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jan 15, 2041High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderJan 15, 2041Medium confidence

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Application PCT/US2021/013696PCT application
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US 11,365,444In force
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US 11,261,489In force
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US 11,795,504In force
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Application 17/743,729Abandoned
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Application 18/331,090Abandoned
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Application 18/447,499Abandoned
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8 of 20 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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
Mar 3, 2022
Reel 59162, frame 659
Chen, Steve Xiangling; Guo, Minghao; Previte, Michael; Zhou, Chunhong; Fuller, DerekElement Biosciences, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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