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Apparatus and Methods for Oral Administration of Fluids and Medical Instrumentation

US 8,945,182 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 11, 2018 (East West Bank).

Term ends Apr 19, 2033 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Oct 24, 2013 as application 14/062,736 · Granted Feb 3, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Apr 19, 2013
Term ends
Apr 19, 2033
Granted
Feb 3, 2015
base term 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.
8
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: Medium. 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, 2013, when application PCT/US2013/037492, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 24, 2013); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Apr 19, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium 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 paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 19, 2033Medium confidence

This family

US D753,292In force
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US D740,430In force
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US 8,945,182this patent
Apr 2033
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US 9,463,143In force
Apr 2033
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Application PCT/US2014/062274PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application 14/705,633Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 10,780,025In force
Apr 2033
Apr 2033
7 of 8 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
Jan 28, 2014
Reel 32133, frame 749
Oates Ii, Robert Bradley; Brock, Brian Paul; Spivey, Cory James; Conger, Dee L.Pedia Solutions, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 21, 2018
Reel 46654, frame 355
Pedia Solutions, LLC D/B/A Pedia VenturesFridababy, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 11, 2018
Reel 47747, frame 139
Fridababy, LLCEast West Bank, As Administrative AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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