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Optical Coherence Tomography Laser with Integrated Clock

US 9,791,261 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 12, 2022 (Golub Capital Markets LLC).

Term ends Mar 2, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Jul 8, 2016 as application 15/205,888 · Granted Oct 17, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2029
Clock starts
Mar 2, 2009
Term ends
Mar 2, 2029
Granted
Oct 17, 2017
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.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 2, 2009, when application 12/396,099, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 8, 2016)Mar 2, 2029High 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 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 2, 2029High 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
Aug 31, 2017
Reel 43733, frame 195
Axsun Technologies, LLCAxsun Technologies, Inc.Change of Name
Jan 2, 2019
Reel 48000, frame 692
Axsun Technologies, Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.First Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Jan 2, 2019
Reel 48000, frame 711
Axsun Technologies, Inc.Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral AgentSecond Lien Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Dec 11, 2020
Reel 54698, frame 911
Axsun Technologies Inc.Excelitas Technologies Corp.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 12, 2022
Reel 61161, frame 854
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentAxsun Technologies, Inc.Release of First Lien Security Interest in Intellectual Property
Aug 12, 2022
Reel 61161, frame 942
Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral AgentAxsun Technologies, Inc.Release of Second Lien Security Interest in Intellectual Property
Aug 12, 2022
Reel 61164, frame 582
Excelitas Technologies Corp.Golub Capital Markets LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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