Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 30, 2025 (Rochefort Management LLC).
Term ends Nov 18, 2035 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 18, 2035
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Divergent Technologies, Inc.
Filed Aug 7, 2020 as application 16/987,969 · Granted Oct 25, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Nov 18, 2015
Nov 18, 2015
Term ends
Nov 18, 2035
Nov 18, 2035
Granted
Oct 25, 2022
Oct 25, 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.
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.
5
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 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 18, 2015, when application 14/945,247, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 7, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 18, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 18, 2035 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,786,948 | In force Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2015/061420 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,478,854 | this patent Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| US 11,931,956 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| US 12,296,533 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2020 Reel 54079, frame 183 | Dave, Vivek R.; Clark, David D.; Roybal, Matias; Cola, Mark J.; Piltch, Martin S.; Madigan, R. Bruce; Castro, Alberto | Sigma Labs, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 24, 2024 Reel 66365, frame 316 | Sigma Labs, Inc. | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 30, 2024 Reel 67569, frame 171 | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | Western Alliance Bank | Security Interest |
| Jan 29, 2025 Reel 70048, frame 543 | Western Alliance Bank | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 30, 2025 Reel 70074, frame 290 | Divergent Technologies, Inc.; CZV, Inc. | Rochefort Management LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 3, 2025 Reel 73006, frame 590 | Rochefort Management LLC | Acquiom Agency Services LLC | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Nov 2035
Term ends Nov 18, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.