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Method and apparatus for Assay of Electrochemical Properties

US 8,877,033 Term ended
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Term ended Aug 23, 2024 · High confidence

Filed Aug 19, 2013 as application 13/970,117 · Granted Nov 4, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Aug 23, 2024
2004 2026
Clock starts
Aug 23, 2004
Term ended
Aug 23, 2024
Granted
Nov 4, 2014
base term after the term ends 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
5
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 23, 2004, when application 10/924,510, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 19, 2013)Aug 23, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 23, 2024High 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
Sep 12, 2013
Reel 31192, frame 12
Iyengar, Sridhar G.; Harding, IanAgamatrix, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 30, 2015
Reel 37405, frame 728
Agamatrix, Inc.Midcap Financial TrustSecurity Interest
Sep 29, 2017
Reel 44034, frame 372
Midcap Financial TrustAgamatrix, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 29, 2017
Reel 44063, frame 828
Agamatrix, Inc.Prospect Capital CorporationPatent Security Agreement
Nov 7, 2017
Reel 44391, frame 941
Midcap Financial TrustAgamatrix, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Address Previously Recorded at Reel: 044034 Frame: 0372. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest.
May 11, 2023
Reel 63604, frame 749
Prospect Capital Corporation, As Collateral AgentAgamatrix, Inc.Release of Patent Security Agreement

Sources

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

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