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Methods and Systems for Quality Inference and Control for Additive Manufacturing Processes

US 11,517,984 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 30, 2025 (Rochefort Management LLC).

Term ends Apr 30, 2041 · High confidence

Filed Nov 6, 2018 as application 16/182,478 · Granted Dec 6, 2022
USPTO first gave this application the number US 11,458,576 and withdrew it before it issued. That number now leads here.
Base term plus 906 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2041
Clock starts
Nov 6, 2018
Term ends
Apr 30, 2041
Granted
Dec 6, 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
906
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
3
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This patent's term runs 906 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 6, 2018, when this application, 16/182,478, was filedNov 6, 2038High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+906 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 30, 2041High 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 orderApr 30, 2041High confidence

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US 11,517,984this patent
Apr 2041
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US 12,151,316In force
Nov 2038
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Application 18/922,224Pending
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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
Jan 23, 2019
Reel 48107, frame 839
Jacquemetton, Lars; Dave, Vivek R.; Cola, Mark J.; Wikle, Glenn; Madigan, R. BruceSigma 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 BankSecurity Interest
Jan 29, 2025
Reel 70048, frame 543
Western Alliance BankDivergent Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 30, 2025
Reel 70074, frame 290
Divergent Technologies, Inc.; CZV, Inc.Rochefort Management LLCSecurity Interest
Sep 3, 2025
Reel 73006, frame 590
Rochefort Management LLCAcquiom Agency Services LLCSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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