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Ion Beam Target Assemblies for Neutron Generation

US 12,177,959 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Phoenix Neutron Imaging LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jun 4, 2039 · High confidence

Held by Phoenix LLC
Filed Dec 28, 2023 as application 18/398,521 · Granted Dec 24, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2039
Clock starts
Jun 4, 2019
Term ends
Jun 4, 2039
Granted
Dec 24, 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 11,903,117, to Jun 4, 2039. 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.
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. 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 Jun 4, 2019, when application 16/430,839, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 28, 2023)Jun 4, 2039High 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 11,903,117)resolves to Jun 4, 2039, 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 orderJun 4, 2039High confidence

This family

US 10,874,013In force
Jun 2039
Jun 2039
US 11,612,048In force
Jun 2039
Jun 2039
US 11,903,117In force
Jun 2039
Jun 2039
US 12,177,959this patent
Jun 2039
Jun 2039
Application 18/940,043Pending
not computed
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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
Dec 29, 2023
Reel 65984, frame 500
Radel, Ross; Gribb, TyePhoenix LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 29, 2023
Reel 65984, frame 525
Phoenix LLCPhoenix Nuclear Holding CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 29, 2023
Reel 65984, frame 584
Phoenix Nuclear Holding CompanyPhoenix Neutron Imaging LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 11, 2025
Reel 70814, frame 475
Phoenix Neutron Imaging LLC; Phoenix LLCPhoenix LLCMerger and Change of Name

Sources

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

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