Term ends Jun 13, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 13, 2038
Held by Blue 425 LLC
Filed Oct 12, 2020 as application 17/068,339 · Granted May 23, 2023
Base term plus 28 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Jun 13, 2018
Jun 13, 2018
Term ends
Jun 13, 2038
Jun 13, 2038
Granted
May 23, 2023
May 23, 2023
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
28
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,804,680.
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
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 runs 28 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 13, 2018, when application 16/006,883, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 12, 2020) | Jun 13, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +28 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 11, 2038 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,804,680) | capped to Jun 13, 2038 | 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 | Jun 13, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,804,680 | In force Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| US 11,658,466 | this patent Jun 2038 | Jun 2038 |
| Application 18/199,268 | 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 17, 2023 Reel 63349, frame 710 | Zediker, Mark S; Stegeman, Robert | Nuburu, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 8, 2024 Reel 66222, frame 257 | Nuburu, Inc. | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB; Anson Investments Master Fund LP | Security Interest |
| Jan 8, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Nuburu, Inc. | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | Security Interest |
| Jan 8, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Nuburu, Inc. | Anson Investments Master Fund LP | Security Interest |
| Apr 28, 2025 Reel 71095, frame 702 | Nuburu, Inc. | Blue 425 LLC | Transfer Statement |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2038
Term ends Jun 13, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 28 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,804,680.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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