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Methods and Systems for Quality Inference and Control for Additive Manufacturing Processes

US 12,151,316 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

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 Nov 6, 2038 · High confidence

Filed Aug 25, 2022 as application 17/895,904 · Granted Nov 26, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Nov 6, 2018
Term ends
Nov 6, 2038
Granted
Nov 26, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,517,984, to Nov 6, 2038. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
3
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 6, 2018, when application 16/182,478, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 25, 2022)Nov 6, 2038High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,517,984)resolves to Nov 6, 2038, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 6, 2038High confidence

This family

US 11,517,984In force
Apr 2041
Apr 2041
US 12,151,316this patent
Nov 2038
Nov 2038
Application 18/922,224Pending
not computed
not computed
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
Aug 25, 2022
Reel 60904, frame 763
Jacquemetton, Lars; Dave, Vivek R.; Cola, Mark J.; Wikle, Glenn; Madigan, R. BruceSigma Labs, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 17, 2023
Reel 62403, frame 703
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
Feb 27, 2024
Reel 66697, frame 817
Sigma Additive Solutions, Inc.Divergent Technologies, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Sigma Labs, Inc. to Divergent Technologies, Inc, Previously Recorded at Reel: 66365 Frame: 316. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
May 30, 2024
Reel 67569, frame 171
Divergent Technologies, Inc.Western Alliance BankSecurity Interest
Jan 29, 2025
Reel 70048, frame 543
Western Alliance BankDivergent Technologies, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 30, 2025
Reel 70074, frame 290
Divergent Technologies, Inc.; CZV, Inc.Rochefort Management LLCSecurity Interest
Sep 3, 2025
Reel 73006, frame 590
Rochefort Management LLCAcquiom Agency Services LLCSecurity Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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