Term ends Jun 7, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 14, 2029
Held by Aclarion, Inc.
Filed Oct 14, 2009 as application 12/579,371 · Granted Jun 24, 2014
Base term plus 967 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2032
Clock starts
Oct 14, 2009
Oct 14, 2009
Term ends
Jun 7, 2032
Jun 7, 2032
Granted
Jun 24, 2014
Jun 24, 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
967
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.
13
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 967 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 14, 2009, when this application, 12/579,371, was filed | Oct 14, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +967 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 7, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 7, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,761,860 | this patent Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2010/052737 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,825,131 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| Application 14/310,683 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,392,959 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| US 9,724,013 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
| Application 15/185,597 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,285,622 | In force Oct 2029 | Oct 2029 |
8 of 13 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2010 Reel 24895, frame 115 | Peacock, James C., III; Claude, John P.; Kane, Paul H. | Nocimed, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 12, 2010 Reel 25135, frame 338 | Lotz, Jeffrey C. | Regents of the University of California, the, a California Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 5, 2012 Reel 29244, frame 780 | University of California San Francisco | National Institutes of Health (Nih), U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (DHHS), U.S. Government | Confirmatory License |
| Apr 8, 2015 Reel 35390, frame 760 | Nocimed, LLC | Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP | Security Interest |
| Mar 8, 2017 Reel 41919, frame 807 | Nocimed, LLC | Nocimed, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Dec 23, 2019 Reel 51415, frame 283 | Nocimed, Inc. | Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP | Security Interest |
| Mar 16, 2022 Reel 59690, frame 785 | Nocimed, Inc. | Aclarion, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Apr 22, 2022 Reel 59778, frame 807 | Nocimed, Inc. | Aclarion, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2032
Term ends Jun 7, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 967 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
42
later US patents cite this one
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