Term ends Apr 11, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 28, 2037
Held by Blue 425 LLC
Filed Apr 28, 2017 as application 15/581,494 · Granted May 14, 2024
Base term plus 348 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2038
Clock starts
Apr 28, 2017
Apr 28, 2017
Term ends
Apr 11, 2038
Apr 11, 2038
Granted
May 14, 2024
May 14, 2024
base term
patent term adjustment
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
348
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.
32
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 348 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 28, 2017, when this application, 15/581,494, was filed | Apr 28, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +348 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 11, 2038 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 11, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2014/035928 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,562,132 | In force Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| US 10,940,536 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| US 10,971,896 | In force Sep 2035 | Sep 2035 |
| US 11,980,970 | this patent Apr 2038 | Apr 2038 |
| US 12,220,764 | In force Dec 2039 | Dec 2039 |
| US 10,656,328 | In force Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| US 10,940,562 | In force Oct 2038 | Oct 2038 |
8 of 32 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2018 Reel 47111, frame 763 | Zediker, Mark S; Pelaprat, Jean Michel | Nuburu, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 24, 2023 Reel 65654, frame 397 | Zediker, Mark S.; Pelaprat, Jean Michel | Nuburu, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 8, 2024 Reel 66222, frame 257 | Nuburu, Inc. | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB; Anson Investments Master Fund LP | Security Interest |
| Jan 8, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Nuburu, Inc. | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | Security Interest |
| Jan 8, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Nuburu, Inc. | Anson Investments Master Fund LP | Security Interest |
| Apr 28, 2025 Reel 71095, frame 702 | Nuburu, Inc. | Blue 425 LLC | Transfer Statement |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2038
Term ends Apr 11, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 348 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
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