Also listed on Vertical Optics, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Feb 23, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 23, 2037
Held by Augmedics, Inc.
Filed Feb 13, 2024 as application 18/440,046 · Granted Mar 10, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Feb 23, 2017
Feb 23, 2017
Term ends
Feb 23, 2037
Feb 23, 2037
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Mar 10, 2026
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.
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.
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. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 23, 2017, when application PCT/US2017/019028, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 13, 2024) | Feb 23, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 23, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2017/019028 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,528,393 | In force Apr 2039 | Apr 2039 |
| US 11,902,646 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| Application 18/079,864 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,574,621 | this patent Feb 2037 | Feb 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2024 Reel 66534, frame 715 | Garofolo, Timothy; Devernoe, David | Vertical Optics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 22, 2024 Reel 66660, frame 582 | Vertical Optics, LLC | Vertical Optics, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 6, 2025 Reel 69755, frame 22 | Vertical Optics, Inc. | Augmedics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 15, 2026 Reel 76029, frame 355 | Vertical Optics, Inc. | Augmedics, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Properties from Application No. from 18400046 to 18440046 Previously Recorded on Reel 69578 Frame 361. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the the Assignment of Assignors Interest. |
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Feb 2037
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