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Method and Apparatus for Tooth-Movement Regulation

US 12,589,257 In force
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Term ends Oct 12, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Mar 18, 2024 as application 18/608,630 · Granted Mar 31, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Oct 12, 2011
Term ends
Oct 12, 2031
Granted
Mar 31, 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 10,729,524, to Oct 12, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
10
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 1 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. 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 Oct 12, 2011, when application PCT/CA2011/050639, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 18, 2024)Oct 12, 2031High 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 10,729,524)resolves to Oct 12, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 12, 2031High confidence

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Application 16/428,773Abandoned
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Application 16/584,386Abandoned
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US 11,957,930In force
Nov 2031
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US 12,589,257this patent
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8 of 10 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 19, 2024
Reel 66828, frame 220
Biolux Research Holdings, Inc.Biolux (ABC), LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 19, 2024
Reel 66828, frame 350
Biolux (ABC), LLCLLLT Technologies S.A.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 19, 2024
Reel 66833, frame 79
Biolux Research Ltd.Biolux Research Holdings, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 19, 2024
Reel 67057, frame 27
Brawn, Peter RobertBiolux Research Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 8, 2024
Reel 68219, frame 90
LLLT Technologies S.A.Biolux Group S.A.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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