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Graphene Fet Devices, Systems, and Methods of Using the Same for Sequencing Nucleic Acids

US 9,859,394 In force
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Term ends Dec 9, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Jun 14, 2016 as application 15/182,533 · Granted Jan 2, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Dec 9, 2015
Term ends
Dec 9, 2035
Granted
Jan 2, 2018
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.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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.
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Family applications on record here
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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: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 9, 2015, when application 14/963,253, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 14, 2016)Dec 9, 2035High 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 orderDec 9, 2035High 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 24, 2017
Reel 43392, frame 883
Hoffman, Paul; Lerner, Mitchell; Van Rooyen, PieterAgilome, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 14, 2018
Reel 47156, frame 45
Agilome, Inc.Sensorem Technologies Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 21, 2019
Reel 51073, frame 876
Sensorem Technologies, Inc.Nanomedical Diagnostics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 2, 2019
Reel 51158, frame 681
Sensorem Technologies, Inc.Nanomedical Diagnostics, Inc., D/B/A Cardea BioCorrective Assignment to Correct the Correct the Name of the Receiving Party Previously Recorded at Reel: 051073 Frame: 0876. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Dec 21, 2022
Reel 62202, frame 287
Nanomedical Diagnostics, Inc.Cardea Bio, Inc.Change of Name
Dec 29, 2022
Reel 62250, frame 149
Goldsmith, Brett R.Nanomedical Diagnostics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

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