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Systems and Methods for Generating Nitric Oxide

US 11,479,464 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 18, 2024 (American Money Management Corporation).

Term ends May 15, 2040 · High confidence

Filed May 15, 2020 as application 16/875,971 · Granted Oct 25, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2040
Clock starts
May 15, 2020
Term ends
May 15, 2040
Granted
Oct 25, 2022
base term fee events 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.
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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: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 15, 2020, when this application, 16/875,971, was filedMay 15, 2040High 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 events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 15, 2040High confidence

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Application PCT/US2020/033300PCT application
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US 11,479,464this patent
May 2040
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Application 17/670,655Abandoned
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Application 18/677,125Pending
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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
Aug 13, 2020
Reel 53489, frame 172
Hall, Gregory W.; Apollonio, Benjamin J.; Gillerman, Ian J.Third Pole, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 12, 2021
Reel 55986, frame 148
Third Pole, Inc.Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund, L.P.Security Agreement
Mar 18, 2024
Reel 66812, frame 657
Third Pole, Inc.American Money Management CorporationSecurity Interest
Mar 19, 2024
Reel 66825, frame 518
Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund L.P.Third Pole, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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