Also listed on Phoenix Neutron Imaging LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Apr 11, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 11, 2039
Held by Phoenix LLC
Filed Sep 8, 2021 as application 17/468,883 · Granted May 30, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Apr 11, 2019
Apr 11, 2019
Term ends
Apr 11, 2039
Apr 11, 2039
Granted
May 30, 2023
May 30, 2023
base term
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,131,783, to Apr 11, 2039. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Apr 11, 2019, when application 16/381,856, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 8, 2021) | Apr 11, 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,131,783) | resolves to Apr 11, 2039, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 11, 2039 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,131,783 | In force Apr 2039 | Apr 2039 |
| US 11,662,485 | this patent Apr 2039 | Apr 2039 |
| Application 18/134,358 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 2021 Reel 57754, frame 627 | Radel, Ross; Sengbusch, Evan; Taylor, Michael; Seyfert, Christopher M.; Moll, Eli; Jacobson, Lucas | Phoenix LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 13, 2021 Reel 57775, frame 636 | Phoenix LLC | Phoenix Nuclear Holding Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 15, 2021 Reel 57808, frame 117 | Phoenix Nuclear Holding Company | Phoenix Neutron Imaging LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 15, 2021 Reel 57827, frame 914 | Shine Medical Technologies, LLC | Shine Technologies, LLC | Change of Name |
| Jan 4, 2022 Reel 58981, frame 751 | Phoenix LLC | Phoenix LLC | Correction by Declaration, to Confirm the Name Change Document Recorded Under Reel/Frame Number 057827/0914, Was Made in Error, and Ownership Never Changed. |
| Apr 11, 2025 Reel 70814, frame 475 | Phoenix Neutron Imaging LLC; Phoenix LLC | Phoenix LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
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What's changing
Apr 2039
Term ends Apr 11, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,131,783, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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