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Switchable Digital Scent Generation and Release, and Vapor and Liquid Delivery Methods and Systems

US 12,151,051 In force
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Term ends Apr 11, 2036 · High confidence

Filed Jan 20, 2023 as application 18/157,785 · Granted Nov 26, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Apr 11, 2016
Term ends
Apr 11, 2036
Granted
Nov 26, 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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Maintenance fees paid
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 11, 2016, when application PCT/US2016/026971, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 20, 2023)Apr 11, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 11, 2036High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2016/026971PCT application
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US 10,556,034In force
Jan 2037
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US 11,565,016In force
Apr 2037
Apr 2037
US 12,151,051this patent
Apr 2036
Apr 2036
Application 18/936,887Pending
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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
Apr 4, 2023
Reel 63218, frame 89
Sensable Technologies LLCSensable Technologies LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 4, 2023
Reel 63218, frame 231
Jin, Sungho; Gardner, CalvinThe Regents of the University of CaliforniaAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 4, 2023
Reel 63218, frame 458
Matthew, StewartSensable Technologies LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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