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Enhancing Optical Detection of Micro Bubbles by Laser Pulse Expansion

US 12,220,354 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Mordehai Margalit Holdings Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends no later than Dec 23, 2037 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Filed Dec 8, 2022 as application 18/063,533 · Granted Feb 11, 2025
Base term plus 62 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Oct 22, 2017
Ends no later than
Dec 23, 2037
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
base term patent term adjustment 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
62
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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 runs 62 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Oct 22, 2017, when application PCT/US2017/057768, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 8, 2022)Oct 22, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+62 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 23, 2037High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Dec 23, 2037Medium confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2017/057768PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 11,547,606In force
Oct 2037
Oct 2037
US 12,220,354this patent
no later than Dec 2037
no later than Dec 2037
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
Oct 2, 2025
Reel 72452, frame 44
Margalit, MordehaiMordehai Margalit Holdings Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 7, 2025
Reel 72495, frame 993
Mordehai Margalit Holdings Ltd.Invention Development Management Company, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 7, 2025
Reel 73953, frame 991
Invention Development Management Company, LLCXinova, LLCChange of Name
Oct 7, 2025
Reel 72496, frame 173
Xinova LLCLutronic Vision Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 7, 2025
Reel 72496, frame 185
Lutronic Vision Inc.R:gen Vision, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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