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Systems and Methods for Generating Nitric Oxide

US 12,576,234 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 18, 2024 (American Money Management Corporation).

Term ends Feb 27, 2038 · Medium confidence

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

Filed Oct 25, 2023 as application 18/494,217 · Granted Mar 17, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Feb 27, 2018
Term ends
Feb 27, 2038
Granted
Mar 17, 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.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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Maintenance fees 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 Feb 27, 2018, when application 15/907,241, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 25, 2023); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Feb 27, 2038High 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 orderFeb 27, 2038Medium confidence

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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
Oct 31, 2023
Reel 65406, frame 159
Gillerman, Ian J.; Zapol, David G.; Hall, Gregory W.; Scholz, WolfgangThird Pole, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 18, 2024
Reel 66812, frame 657
Third Pole, Inc.American Money Management CorporationSecurity Interest

Sources

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