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Method and apparatus to illuminate sample and containing vessel in a light scattering detector

US 8,964,177 In force
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Term ends Aug 27, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Apr 26, 2013 as application 13/871,429 · Granted Feb 24, 2015
Base term plus 123 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Apr 26, 2013
Term ends
Aug 27, 2033
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
base term patent term adjustment 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
123
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.

This patent's term runs 123 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 26, 2013, when this application, 13/871,429, was filedApr 26, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+123 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 27, 2033High 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 orderAug 27, 2033High confidence

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
May 6, 2013
Reel 30358, frame 454
Some, Daniel I., DR.; Larkin, Michael I., DR.; Neilson, Peter G., MR.; Villalpando, David N., MR.Wyatt Technology CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 12, 2023
Reel 65890, frame 314
Wyatt Technology CorporationWyatt Technology, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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