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Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Pulse Sequence, Acquisition, and Processing System and Method

US 8,965,094 In force
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Term ends May 17, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Mar 15, 2013 as application 13/843,117 · Granted Feb 24, 2015
Base term plus 63 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2013
Term ends
May 17, 2033
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
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
63
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.
8
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 63 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 Mar 15, 2013, when this application, 13/843,117, was filedMar 15, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+63 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 17, 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 orderMay 17, 2033High 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
Jan 7, 2014
Reel 31908, frame 653
Peacock Iii, James Clayton; Claude, John Patrick; Kane, Paul Henry; Pradenas, Ricardo DarioNocimed, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 8, 2015
Reel 35390, frame 760
Nocimed, LLCKnobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLPSecurity Interest
Mar 8, 2017
Reel 41919, frame 807
Nocimed, LLCNocimed, Inc.Change of Name
Dec 23, 2019
Reel 51415, frame 283
Nocimed, Inc.Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLPSecurity Interest
Mar 16, 2022
Reel 59374, frame 703
Nocimed, Inc.Aclarion, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

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

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