Also listed on Sigma Additive Solutions, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 30, 2025 (Rochefort Management LLC).
Term ends Sep 30, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 30, 2036
Held by Divergent Technologies, Inc.
Filed Apr 19, 2023 as application 18/136,750 · Granted Jun 25, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Sep 30, 2016
Sep 30, 2016
Term ends
Sep 30, 2036
Sep 30, 2036
Granted
Jun 25, 2024
Jun 25, 2024
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.
5
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 30, 2016, when application 15/282,822, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 19, 2023) | Sep 30, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Sep 30, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,207,489 | In force Jun 2037 | Jun 2037 |
| US 10,717,264 | In force Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
| US 11,674,904 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 12,019,026 | this patent Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| US 12,292,384 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2023 Reel 64565, frame 222 | Dave, Vivek R.; Cola, Mark J.; Madigan, R. Bruce; Castro, Alberto; Wikle, Glenn; Jacquemetton, Lars; Campbell, Peter | Sigma Labs, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 11, 2023 Reel 64572, frame 425 | Sigma Labs, Inc. | Sigma Additive Solutions, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 24, 2024 Reel 66365, frame 316 | Sigma Labs, Inc. | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 30, 2024 Reel 67569, frame 171 | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | Western Alliance Bank | Security Interest |
| Jun 28, 2024 Reel 70967, frame 699 | Sigma Additive Solutions, Inc. | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 66365 Frame: 316. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jan 29, 2025 Reel 70048, frame 543 | Western Alliance Bank | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 30, 2025 Reel 70074, frame 290 | Divergent Technologies, Inc.; CZV, Inc. | Rochefort Management LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 3, 2025 Reel 73006, frame 590 | Rochefort Management LLC | Acquiom Agency Services LLC | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Sep 2036
Term ends Sep 30, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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