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Broadband or Mid-Infrared Fiber Light Sources

US 7,519,253 In force
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Also listed on Cheetah USA Corp., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Nov 15, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Nov 15, 2006 as application 11/599,950 · Granted Apr 14, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2026
Clock starts
Nov 15, 2006
Term ends
Nov 15, 2026
Granted
Apr 14, 2009
base term fee events 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.
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.
12
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. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Nov 15, 2006, when this application, 11/599,950, was filedNov 15, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 15, 2026High confidence

This family

US 7,519,253this patent
Nov 2026
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US 8,055,108Lapsed on the fee record
Nov 2023
Nov 2023
US 8,391,660Lapsed on the fee record
Mar 2021
Mar 2021
US 8,670,642Lapsed on the fee record
Mar 2022
Mar 2022
US 8,971,681In force
Nov 2026
Nov 2026
US 9,077,146Lapsed on the fee record
Jul 2019
Jul 2019
US 9,400,215Lapsed on the fee record
Jul 2020
Jul 2020
US 9,476,769In force
Nov 2026
Nov 2026
8 of 12 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
Nov 15, 2006
Reel 18624, frame 273
Islam, Mohammed N.Omni Sciences, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 17, 2010
Reel 24394, frame 523
Omni Sciences, Inc.Cheetah Omni, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 10, 2014
Reel 31937, frame 449
Cheetah Omni LLCOmni Medsci, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 28, 2023
Reel 63126, frame 512
Omni Medsci, Inc.Omni Continuum, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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