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Method of Using High-Frequency Sound Waves

US 12,377,146 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Phoenix Solutions As, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Sep 26, 2034 · Low confidence

Filed Mar 21, 2023 as application 18/187,264 · Granted Aug 5, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Sep 26, 2014
Term ends
Sep 26, 2034
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 12,343,396, US 12,478,676, to Sep 26, 2034. 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.
8
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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 26, 2014, when application PCT/NO2014/050177, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 21, 2023); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Sep 26, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 12,343,396, US 12,478,676)resolves to Sep 26, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Further caveats on recordThe record names parents not resolved: 15024265Low confidence overallLow confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 26, 2034Low confidence

This family

Application 15/024,265Abandoned
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US 12,343,396In force
Sep 2034
Sep 2034
Application 18/187,413Abandoned
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Application 18/187,244Abandoned
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US 12,478,676In force
Sep 2034
Sep 2034
US 12,377,146this patent
Sep 2034
Sep 2034
Application 19/344,192Pending
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7 of 8 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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
Mar 28, 2023
Reel 63129, frame 730
Healey, Andrew John; Sontum, Per Christian; Kvale, SveinPhoenix Solutions AsAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 28, 2023
Reel 63174, frame 705
Phoenix Solutions AsExact Therapeutics AsChange of Name

Sources

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