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Optical System with Cant Indication

US 12,553,688 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 24, 2025 (TD Bank, N.A).

Term ends Jul 26, 2036 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Jun 18, 2024 as application 18/747,264 · Granted Feb 17, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Jul 26, 2016
Term ends
Jul 26, 2036
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 2 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 Jul 26, 2016, when application 15/220,254, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 18, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jul 26, 2036High 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 capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 26, 2036Medium confidence

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US 12,031,796In force
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US 12,553,688this patent
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Application 19/468,942Pending
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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
Jun 18, 2024
Reel 67763, frame 788
York, Andrew W.; Smith, Gregory ScottSig Sauer, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 24, 2025
Reel 71023, frame 417
Sig Sauer Inc.TD Bank, N.A, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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