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Optical Focusing System of an Apparatus for Cutting-Out a Human or Animal Tissue

US 11,717,445 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Jun 18, 2037 · High confidence

Held by Keranova
Filed Dec 17, 2021 as application 17/554,049 · Granted Aug 8, 2023
Base term plus 73 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Apr 6, 2017
Term ends
Jun 18, 2037
Granted
Aug 8, 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
73
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.
28
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 73 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 Apr 6, 2017, when application PCT/EP2017/058224, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 17, 2021)Apr 6, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+73 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 18, 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 orderJun 18, 2037High confidence

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Nov 2037
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Application 16/964,234Abandoned
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US 11,974,569In force
Nov 2040
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US 11,717,445this patent
Jun 2037
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8 of 28 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 17, 2021
Reel 58415, frame 777
Romano, Fabrizio; Bernard, Aurelien; Mauclair, Cyril; Baubeau, EmmanuelKeranovaAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 17, 2021
Reel 58612, frame 187
KeranovaUniversite Jean Monnet Saint Etienne; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; KeranovaKeranova Is Assigning 5% to Ujm and 5% to CNRS. Keranova Will Now Own 90% of Interest.
Dec 17, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
KeranovaUniversite Jean Monnet Saint EtienneKeranova Is Assigning 5% to Ujm and 5% to CNRS. Keranova Will Now Own 90% of Interest.
Dec 17, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
KeranovaCentre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueKeranova Is Assigning 5% to Ujm and 5% to CNRS. Keranova Will Now Own 90% of Interest.
Dec 17, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
KeranovaKeranovaKeranova Is Assigning 5% to Ujm and 5% to CNRS. Keranova Will Now Own 90% of Interest.

Sources

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