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Device and Method for Sterilizing and Storage of Laboratory Consumables

US 11,786,617 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 22, 2026 (Escalate Capital V, LP).

Term ends Dec 22, 2038 · High confidence

Filed Feb 11, 2021 as application 17/174,200 · Granted Oct 17, 2023
Base term plus 351 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Jan 5, 2018
Term ends
Dec 22, 2038
Granted
Oct 17, 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
351
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.
4
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 351 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 Jan 5, 2018, when application 15/863,030, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 11, 2021)Jan 5, 2038High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+351 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 22, 2038High 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 22, 2038High confidence

This family

US 10,953,118In force
Apr 2039
Apr 2039
US 11,786,617this patent
Dec 2038
Dec 2038
US 12,263,263In force
Jan 2038
Jan 2038
Application 19/062,426Pending
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Feb 11, 2021
Reel 55238, frame 389
Safavi, Ali; Finnigan, Thomas PatrickGrenova, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 22, 2026
Reel 75356, frame 61
Grenova, Inc.Escalate Capital V, LPSecurity Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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