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Coil Actuated Sensor with Sensitivity Detection

US 11,768,256 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 22, 2023 (Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the Collateral Agent).

Term ends May 26, 2037 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Jul 1, 2022 as application 17/810,461 · Granted Sep 26, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
May 26, 2017
Term ends
May 26, 2037
Granted
Sep 26, 2023
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
4
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 May 26, 2017, when application 15/606,332, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 1, 2022); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)May 26, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderMay 26, 2037Medium confidence

This family

US 11,428,755In force
May 2037
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Application PCT/US2018/028816PCT application
no patent term
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US 11,768,256this patent
May 2037
May 2037
Application 18/366,148Abandoned
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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
Jul 6, 2022
Reel 60408, frame 838
Latham, Alexander; Boudreau, Jason; Cadugan, Bryan; Romero, Hernán D.; Allegro Microsystems Europe Limited; Allegro Microsystems Argentina S.A.Allegro Microsystems, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 6, 2022
Reel 60408, frame 864
Fermon, Claude; Pannetier-lecoeur, MyriamCommissariat À l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies AlternativesAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 22, 2023
Reel 64068, frame 459
Allegro Microsystems, LLCMorgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement

Sources

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