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MR Spectroscopy System and Method for Diagnosing Painful and Non-Painful Intervertebral Discs

US 9,392,959 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Oct 14, 2029 · Medium confidence

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

Filed Jun 20, 2014 as application 14/310,721 · Granted Jul 19, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2029
Clock starts
Oct 14, 2009
Term ends
Oct 14, 2029
Granted
Jul 19, 2016
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
13
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Oct 14, 2009, when application 12/579,371, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 20, 2014); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Oct 14, 2029High 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 events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 14, 2029Medium confidence

This family

US 8,761,860In force
Jun 2032
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Application PCT/US2010/052737PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 8,825,131In force
Oct 2029
Oct 2029
Application 14/310,683Abandoned
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US 9,392,959this patent
Oct 2029
Oct 2029
US 9,724,013In force
Oct 2029
Oct 2029
Application 15/185,597Abandoned
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US 10,285,622In force
Oct 2029
Oct 2029
8 of 13 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
Apr 8, 2015
Reel 35390, frame 760
Nocimed, LLCKnobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLPSecurity Interest
Mar 10, 2016
Reel 37946, frame 253
Peacock, James C., III; Claude, John P.; Kane, Paul H.Nocimed, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 10, 2016
Reel 37946, frame 317
Lotz, Jeffrey C.The Regents of the University of CaliforniaAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 10, 2016
Reel 38057, frame 649
Nocimed, LLCNocimed, Inc.Change of Name
Mar 16, 2022
Reel 59690, frame 785
Nocimed, Inc.Aclarion, Inc.Change of Name
Apr 22, 2022
Reel 59778, frame 807
Nocimed, Inc.Aclarion, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

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

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