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Fundamental Code Unit of the Brain: Photoreceptor Protein-Mediated Photonic Signaling Within Neural Tissue and Its Uses in Brain Co-Processor

US 12,016,699 In force
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Term ends Sep 10, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Apr 6, 2020 as application 16/841,515 · Granted Jun 25, 2024
Base term plus 341 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2030
Clock starts
Sep 10, 2010
Term ends
Sep 10, 2030
Granted
Jun 25, 2024
base term 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
341
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,617,348.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
11
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 341 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 1 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.
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 10, 2010, when application 12/880,042, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 6, 2020)Sep 10, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+341 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 17, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,617,348)capped to Sep 10, 2030High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 10, 2030High confidence

This family

Application 12/880,042Abandoned
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Application 13/083,352Abandoned
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US 9,399,144In force
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US 10,154,812In force
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US 10,617,348In force
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US 10,624,578In force
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US 12,016,699this patent
Sep 2030
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US 11,890,108In force
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8 of 11 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
Oct 28, 2025
Reel 72702, frame 249
Howard, NewtonGenesis Intelligence, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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