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Method and System for Visualization of Heart Tissue at Risk

US 12,551,112 In force
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Term ends Sep 21, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Oct 23, 2023 as application 18/492,351 · Granted Feb 17, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Sep 21, 2017
Term ends
Sep 21, 2037
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
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 10,292,596, to Sep 21, 2037. 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.
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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. 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: High. from the record

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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 21, 2017, when application 15/712,104, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 23, 2023)Sep 21, 2037High 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 10,292,596)resolves to Sep 21, 2037, 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
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 21, 2037High confidence

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US 10,292,596In force
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US 10,806,349In force
Sep 2037
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US 11,826,126In force
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US 12,551,112this patent
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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 13, 2025
Reel 72897, frame 617
Shadforth, Ian; Lei, Meng; Burton, Timothy; Crawford, Don; Gupta, Sunny; Souza, Paul Douglas; Wackerman, Cody James; Dubberly, Andrew HughAnalytics for Life Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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