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Improved Photobleaching Method

US 8,795,191 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Feb 12, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Mar 4, 2010 as application 12/527,384 · Granted Aug 5, 2014
Base term plus 1093 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2031
Clock starts
Feb 15, 2008
Term ends
Feb 12, 2031
Granted
Aug 5, 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
1,093
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.
30
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 1093 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 Feb 15, 2008, when application PCT/US2008/002095, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 4, 2010)Feb 15, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1093 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 12, 2031High 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 12, 2031High confidence

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Application PCT/US2008/002095PCT application
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US 8,795,191this patent
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US 10,779,722In force
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US 11,089,954In force
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US D929,595In force
Aug 2036
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8 of 30 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
Mar 3, 2022
Reel 59317, frame 532
Maculogix, Inc.Horizon Technology Finance Corporation, as AgentFourth Amendment to Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Mar 9, 2022
Reel 59356, frame 212
Maculogix, Inc.Fisk Ventures II, LPSecurity Interest
Nov 9, 2022
Reel 61902, frame 273
University of Alabama at BirminghamNational Institutes of Health (Nih), U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (DHHS), U.S. GovernmentConfirmatory License
Nov 23, 2022
Reel 61861, frame 246
Maculogix, Inc.Mlogix (ABC), LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 28, 2022
Reel 61890, frame 667
Mlogix (ABC), LLCRetinadx, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 20, 2022
Reel 62184, frame 239
Retinadx, Inc.Lumithera Diagnostics, Inc.Change of Name
Jul 25, 2024
Reel 68149, frame 266
Lumithera Diagnostics, Inc.McDermott Will & Emery LLPLien
Apr 29, 2025
Reel 71111, frame 570
McDermott Will & Emery LLPLumithera Diagnostics, Inc.Release of Notice of Lien

Sources

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

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