Term ends Jul 19, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 19, 2039
Held by Hyperfine Operations, Inc.
Filed Dec 15, 2021 as application 17/551,996 · Granted Mar 21, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Jul 19, 2019
Jul 19, 2019
Term ends
Jul 19, 2039
Jul 19, 2039
Granted
Mar 21, 2023
Mar 21, 2023
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.
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.
8
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: 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 19, 2019, when application 16/516,373, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 15, 2021) | Jul 19, 2039 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High 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 | Jul 19, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,234,610 | In force Jun 2040 | Jun 2040 |
| US 11,006,851 | In force Jul 2039 | Jul 2039 |
| US 11,357,420 | In force May 2040 | May 2040 |
| US 11,298,042 | In force Jun 2040 | Jun 2040 |
| Application 17/223,762 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,607,148 | this patent Jul 2039 | Jul 2039 |
| US 12,324,656 | In force Jul 2039 | Jul 2039 |
| Application 19/211,034 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2022 Reel 59469, frame 462 | Nelson, Anne Michele; McNulty, Christopher Thomas; Jordan, Jeremy Christopher; Poole, Michael Stephen; Chen, Gang | Hyperfine Research, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 18, 2022 Reel 59724, frame 146 | Hyperfine Research, Inc. | Hyperfine, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 5, 2022 Reel 59857, frame 154 | Hyperfine, Inc. | Hyperfine Operations, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2039
Term ends Jul 19, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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