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Fluidic Detection and Control Algorithm for PCR Analysis

US 12,678,786 In force
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Term ends Mar 23, 2043 · High confidence

Filed Apr 18, 2023 as application 18/032,457 · Granted Jul 14, 2026
Base term plus 520 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2021 2043
Clock starts
Oct 19, 2021
Term ends
Mar 23, 2043
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
base term patent term adjustment 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
520
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows 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 runs 520 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 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.
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 19, 2021, when application PCT/US2021/055645, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 18, 2023)Oct 19, 2041High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+520 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 23, 2043High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 23, 2043High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2021/055638PCT application
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Application PCT/US2021/055645PCT application
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Application PCT/US2021/055647PCT application
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Application PCT/US2021/055649PCT application
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US 12,758,972In force
Aug 2043
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US 12,678,786this patent
Mar 2043
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Application 18/032,459Pending
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Application 18/032,463Pending
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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
May 21, 2026
Reel 74726, frame 241
Lindblom, Rasmus; Nilsson, MichaelFormulatrix, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 21, 2026
Reel 74726, frame 371
Formulatrix, Inc.Formulatrix, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 21, 2026
Reel 74726, frame 496
Formulatrix, LLCFormulatrix International Holding Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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