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Generation of One or More Edges of Luminosity to Form Three-Dimensional Models of Objects

US 12,169,123 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Oct 5, 2038 · High confidence

Held by Visie Inc.
Filed Nov 9, 2023 as application 18/505,878 · Granted Dec 17, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Oct 5, 2018
Term ends
Oct 5, 2038
Granted
Dec 17, 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.
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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.
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Family applications on record here
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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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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 5, 2018, when application PCT/US2018/054653, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 9, 2023)Oct 5, 2038High 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 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 5, 2038High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2018/054653PCT application
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US 10,724,853In force
Oct 2038
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US 10,890,439In force
Oct 2038
Oct 2038
US 11,852,461In force
May 2040
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US 12,768,645In force
Nov 2038
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US 12,169,123this patent
Oct 2038
Oct 2038
Application 18/984,871Pending
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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
Nov 30, 2023
Reel 65721, frame 580
Bernstein, Aaron Charles, DR.Visie Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 30, 2023
Reel 65721, frame 785
Levine, Jeffery A., MR.Visie Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 30, 2023
Reel 65721, frame 902
Edwards, Patrick C., MR.Visie Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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