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Optical flow cell assembly incorporating a replaceable transparent flow cell

US 11,686,678 In force
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Term ends Dec 6, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Jan 19, 2021 as application 17/152,754 · Granted Jun 27, 2023
Base term plus 61 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Oct 6, 2017
Term ends
Dec 6, 2037
Granted
Jun 27, 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
61
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.
3
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 61 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 6, 2017, when application 15/727,398, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 19, 2021)Oct 6, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+61 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 6, 2037High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 6, 2037High confidence

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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
May 16, 2023
Reel 63660, frame 887
Rahmlow, David; Greenstreet, Matthew; Sen, ShiladityaWyatt Technology CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 11, 2023
Reel 66205, frame 100
Wyatt Technology CorporationWyatt Technology, LLCEntity Conversion

Sources

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