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Systems and Methods for Performing Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

US 11,845,976 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 1, 2024 (Oxford Finance LLC).

Term ends Jan 2, 2042 · High confidence

Filed Aug 27, 2020 as application 17/004,848 · Granted Dec 19, 2023
Base term plus 493 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2042
Clock starts
Aug 27, 2020
Term ends
Jan 2, 2042
Granted
Dec 19, 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
493
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
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This patent's term runs 493 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 27, 2020, when this application, 17/004,848, was filedAug 27, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+493 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 2, 2042High 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 orderJan 2, 2042High confidence

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US 11,845,976this patent
Jan 2042
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US 12,312,632In force
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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
Aug 29, 2023
Reel 64737, frame 641
Flentie, Kelly; Stern, EricSelux Diagnostics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 1, 2024
Reel 68103, frame 559
Selux Diagnostics, Inc.Oxford Finance LLCSecurity Interest

Sources

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