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Superconducting Multi-Bit Digital Mixer

US 8,401,600 In force (reinstated)
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Term ends Oct 6, 2031 · High confidence

Held by Hypres, Inc.
Filed Aug 2, 2011 as application 13/196,494 · Granted Mar 19, 2013
Base term plus 65 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Aug 2, 2011
Term ends
Oct 6, 2031
Granted
Mar 19, 2013
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
65
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.
4
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This patent's term runs 65 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

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 2, 2011, when this application, 13/196,494, was filedAug 2, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+65 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 6, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn force (reinstated)High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 6, 2031High confidence

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US 9,906,191In force
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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
Aug 2, 2011
Reel 26688, frame 901
Filippov, Timur V.; Kirichenko, Alexander F.; Gupta, DeepnarayanHypres, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 8, 2011
Reel 27348, frame 921
Hypres, Inc.The Government of the United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the NavyConfirmatory License
Jun 17, 2021
Reel 56617, frame 116
Hypres, Inc.AvidbankSecurity Interest
Aug 6, 2024
Reel 68348, frame 909
AvidbankHypres, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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