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Simultaneous Capture of Fluorescence Signature and Raman Signature for Spectroscopy Analysis

US 7,359,040 Term ended
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on ITT Manufacturing Enterprises LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 1, 2021 (Alter Domus (US) LLC).

Term ended Oct 21, 2026 · High confidence

Held by Peraton Inc.
Filed Oct 13, 2006 as application 11/580,051 · Granted Apr 15, 2008
Base term plus 8 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Oct 21, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Oct 13, 2006
Term ended
Oct 21, 2026
Granted
Apr 15, 2008
base term after the term ends fee events 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
8
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.

This patent's term runs 8 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 13, 2006, when this application, 11/580,051, was filedOct 13, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+8 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 21, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 21, 2026High confidence

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
Nov 15, 2006
Reel 18521, frame 839
Pendell-jones, James E.; Da Re, Ryan E.ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 27, 2012
Reel 27604, frame 136
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises LLC (Formerly Known as ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.)Exelis Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 1, 2016
Reel 39362, frame 534
Exelis Inc.Harris CorporationMerger
Dec 15, 2016
Reel 40945, frame 267
Harris CorporationHarris International, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 15, 2016
Reel 40981, frame 138
Harris International, Inc.Eagle Technology, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 5, 2017
Reel 42415, frame 432
Eagle Technology, LLCHarris IT Services CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 8, 2017
Reel 42419, frame 527
Harris IT Services CorporationMacquarie Capital Funding LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
May 8, 2017
Reel 42419, frame 795
Harris IT Services CorporationHPS Investment Partners, LLCSecond Lien Patent Security Agreement
Aug 8, 2017
Reel 43482, frame 524
Harris IT Services CorporationPeraton Inc.Change of Name
Feb 1, 2021
Reel 55192, frame 315
Peraton Inc.Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Administrative AgentSecond Lien Patent Security Agreement
Feb 2, 2021
Reel 55194, frame 21
Macquarie Capital Funding LLCPeraton Inc. (F/K/A Harris IT Services Corporation)Release of First Lien Security Interest
Feb 2, 2021
Reel 55194, frame 34
HPS Investment Partners, LLCHarris IT Services CorporationRelease of Second Lien Security Interest
Feb 2, 2021
Reel 55194, frame 474
Peraton Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.First Lien Security Agreement

Sources

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

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