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Apparatus and Methods for Treating Root Canals of Teeth

US 8,753,121 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 23, 2017 (Perceptivecredit Holdings, LP).

Term ends Dec 31, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Apr 19, 2007 as application 11/737,710 · Granted Jun 17, 2014
Base term plus 622 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2028
Clock starts
Apr 19, 2007
Term ends
Dec 31, 2028
Granted
Jun 17, 2014
base term patent term adjustment 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
622
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.
11
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 622 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

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 Apr 19, 2007, when this application, 11/737,710, was filedApr 19, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+622 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 31, 2028High 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 orderDec 31, 2028High confidence

This family

US 8,753,121this patent
Dec 2028
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US 10,010,388In force
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US 11,918,432In force
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Apr 2027
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Application 16/546,032Abandoned
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8 of 11 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
Jun 15, 2007
Reel 19447, frame 942
Gharib, Morteza; Adams, Joshua; Hars, Erik; Bergheim, Bjarne; Stocks, Karl; Doherty, LanceDentatek CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 17, 2011
Reel 25979, frame 849
Dentatek CorporationSonendo, Inc.Change of Name
Jun 22, 2012
Reel 28452, frame 947
Doherty, Rex E.; Dentajet; Surgijet, Inc.; Doherty, LanceJudgment Recovery Assistance, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 6, 2014
Reel 33102, frame 933
Judgment Recovery Assistance, LLCSonendo, Inc.Acknowledgement of No Patent Rights
Jun 9, 2014
Reel 33057, frame 468
Judgment Recovery Assistance, LLCSonendo, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 23, 2017
Reel 42970, frame 807
Sonendo, Inc.Perceptivecredit Holdings, LPPatent Security Agreement
Aug 24, 2021
Reel 57279, frame 436
Perceptive Credit Holdings, LPPerceptive Credit Holdings III, LPAssignment of Patent Security Agreement

Sources

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