Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 30, 2025 (Rochefort Management LLC).
Term ends Nov 18, 2035 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 18, 2035
Held by Divergent Technologies, Inc.
Filed Feb 13, 2024 as application 18/440,868 · Granted May 13, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Nov 18, 2015
Nov 18, 2015
Term ends
Nov 18, 2035
Nov 18, 2035
Granted
May 13, 2025
May 13, 2025
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 11,478,854, US 11,931,956, to Nov 18, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 18, 2015, when application 14/945,247, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 13, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 18, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,478,854, US 11,931,956) | resolves to Nov 18, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Further caveats on record | The record names parents not resolved: 17943651, 14945247, 14945247 | Low confidence overall | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 18, 2035 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 10,786,948 | In force Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2015/061420 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,478,854 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| US 11,931,956 | In force Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
| US 12,296,533 | this patent Nov 2035 | Nov 2035 |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2024 Reel 66455, frame 522 | Dave, Vivek R.; Cola, Mark J.; Madigan, R. Bruce; Castro, Alberto; Clark, David D.; Roybal, Matias; Piltch, Martin S. | Sigma Labs, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 13, 2024 Reel 66582, frame 766 | Sigma Additive Solutions, Inc. | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 27, 2024 Reel 68079, frame 865 | Sigma Labs, Inc. | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor Name from Sigma Additive Solutions, Inc. to Sigma Labs, Inc. Previously Recorded on Reel 66582 Frame 766. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Original Assignment. |
| Jan 30, 2025 Reel 70074, frame 290 | Divergent Technologies, Inc.; CZV, Inc. | Rochefort Management LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 3, 2025 Reel 73006, frame 590 | Rochefort Management LLC | Acquiom Agency Services LLC | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Nov 2035
Term ends Nov 18, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,478,854, US 11,931,956, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.