Term ends Jul 14, 2041 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 4, 2040
Held by Avalign Technologies, Inc.
Filed Nov 4, 2020 as application 16/949,575 · Granted Jun 13, 2023
Base term plus 252 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2020
2041
Clock starts
Nov 4, 2020
Nov 4, 2020
Term ends
Jul 14, 2041
Jul 14, 2041
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
Jun 13, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
252
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
2
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 252 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Nov 4, 2020, when this application, 16/949,575, was filed | Nov 4, 2040 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +252 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 14, 2041 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 14, 2041 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,672,545 | this patent Jul 2041 | Jul 2041 |
| Application PCT/US2021/034790 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2020 Reel 54268, frame 533 | Gareiss, Warren Scott; Ratkowski, Ryan Michael | Avalign Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 14, 2022 Reel 62096, frame 869 | Viper Technologies, LLC; Avalign Technologies, Inc. | Crescent Agency Services LLC | Security Interest |
| Dec 15, 2022 Reel 62101, frame 412 | Avalign Technologies, Inc. | Keybank National Association | Security Interest |
| Dec 23, 2022 Reel 62198, frame 381 | Avalign Technologies, Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association | Security Interest |
| Mar 4, 2024 Reel 66636, frame 769 | Viper Technologies LLC; Avalign Technologies, Inc. | Crescent Agency Services, LLC | Security Interest |
| Mar 4, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Crescent Agency Services, LLC | Avalign Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 4, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Crescent Agency Services, LLC | Viper Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 4, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank National Association | Avalign Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 4, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank National Association | Viper Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 4, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank National Association | Nemcomed, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 4, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Bank National Association | Advantis Medical, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 4, 2024 Reel 66637, frame 114 | Crescent Agency Services, LLC | Avalign Technologies, Inc.; Viper Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 4, 2024 Reel 66637, frame 728 | U.S. Bank National Association | Avalign Technologies, Inc.; Viper Technologies, LLC; Nemcomed, Inc.; Advantis Medical, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Keybank National Association, As Collateral Agent | Avalign Technologies Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Keybank National Association, As Collateral Agent | Nemcomed, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Keybank National Association, As Collateral Agent | Viper Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Keybank National Association, As Collateral Agent | Advantis Medical, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 5, 2024 Reel 66654, frame 713 | Keybank National Association, As Collateral Agent | Avalign Technologies Inc.; Nemcomed, Inc.; Viper Technologies, LLC; Advantis Medical, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2041
Term ends Jul 14, 2041. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 252 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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