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System and Method for Electronic Biological Sample Analysis

US 9,618,476 In force
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Term ends Apr 28, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Apr 28, 2014 as application 14/263,954 · Granted Apr 11, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Apr 28, 2014
Term ends
Apr 28, 2034
Granted
Apr 11, 2017
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.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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Maintenance fees paid
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 28, 2014, when this application, 14/263,954, was filedApr 28, 2034High 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 events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 28, 2034High 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
Apr 28, 2014
Reel 32772, frame 979
Goldsmith, BrettNanomedical Diagnostics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 23, 2018
Reel 45607, frame 282
Nanomedical Diagnostics, Inc.Broadoak Fund III, LLCSecurity Interest
Feb 10, 2023
Reel 62703, frame 305
Nanomedical Diagnostics, Inc.Cardea Bio, Inc.Change of Name
Jun 27, 2023
Reel 64143, frame 489
Broadoak Fund III, LLCCardea Bio, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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