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Method and Apparatus for Measuring Non-Nutritive Suck Pattern Stability

US 8,226,579 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Feb 8, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Feb 20, 2009 as application 12/390,142 · Granted Jul 24, 2012
Base term plus 353 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2030
Clock starts
Feb 20, 2009
Term ends
Feb 8, 2030
Granted
Jul 24, 2012
base term patent term adjustment 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
353
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.
6
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 353 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record

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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 20, 2009, when this application, 12/390,142, was filedFeb 20, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+353 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 8, 2030High 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 orderFeb 8, 2030High 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
Jul 12, 2011
Reel 26588, frame 185
Barlow, Steven M.; Wang, JingyanKansas, University OfAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 4, 2011
Reel 27023, frame 428
Barlow, Steven M.; Wang, JingyanUniversity of KansasAssignee Address Change
Feb 17, 2014
Reel 32266, frame 77
Innara Health, Inc.Kansas Bioscience AuthoritySecurity Agreement
Feb 18, 2014
Reel 32275, frame 93
KC Biomedix, Inc.New KCBX, Inc.Bill of Sale/Assignment
Feb 18, 2014
Reel 32275, frame 159
New KCBX, Inc.Innara Health, Inc.Change of Name
Nov 3, 2022
Reel 61649, frame 815
Innara Health, Inc.Kansas Bioscience AuthorityRelease of Security Interest
Nov 8, 2022
Reel 63055, frame 394
Kansas Bioscience AuthorityInnara Health, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee's Name and Property Type 11234607 Previously Recorded at Reel: 061649 Frame: 0815. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest..

Sources

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