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System and Method for Detection of Target Substances

US 9,939,432 In force
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Term ends Nov 17, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Sep 26, 2014 as application 14/498,298 · Granted Apr 10, 2018
Base term plus 600 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2035
Clock starts
Mar 27, 2014
Term ends
Nov 17, 2035
Granted
Apr 10, 2018
base term patent term adjustment 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
600
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
17
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 runs 600 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 27, 2014, when application 14/227,543, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 26, 2014)Mar 27, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+600 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 17, 2035High 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 orderNov 17, 2035High confidence

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US 9,939,431In force
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US 10,837,959In force
Jun 2034
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8 of 17 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
Jan 6, 2015
Reel 34645, frame 616
Sundvor, Scott; Portela, Steven; Ward, Jonathan; Walton, John; Kiel, Jonathan William; Mekler, Jeffrey; Yates, Shireen; Mooney, Jacob6SENSORLABS, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 15, 2016
Reel 39360, frame 260
6SENSORLABS, Inc.Nima Labs, Inc.Change of Name
Oct 12, 2020
Reel 54030, frame 36
Nima Labs, Inc.Nima Acquisition, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 14, 2021
Reel 57807, frame 297
Medline Industries, Inc.Medline Industries, LPChange of Name
Oct 21, 2021
Reel 57927, frame 91
Medline Industries, LPWilmington Trust, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Oct 21, 2021
Reel 58040, frame 1
Medline Industries, LPBank Of America, N.a.Security Interest
Apr 1, 2022
Reel 59476, frame 640
Nima Acquisition, LLCBank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
May 17, 2022
Reel 60382, frame 577
Nima Acquisition, LLCWilmington Trust, National AssociationPatent Security Agreement
Feb 6, 2025
Reel 70142, frame 9
Nima Acquisition, LLCNima Partners, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 20, 2025
Reel 71672, frame 100
Medline Industries, LPWilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Jun 20, 2025
Reel 71672, frame 198
Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentMedline Industries, LP (F/K/A Medline Industries, Inc.); Nima Partners, Inc. (as Successor-in-Interest to Nima Acquisition, LLC)Partial Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents, Recorded on October 21, 2021, at Reel/Frame 058040/0001
Jun 20, 2025
Reel 71672, frame 221
Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentNima Partners, Inc. (as Successor-in-Interest to Nima Acquisition, LLC)Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents, Recorded on April 1, 2022, at Reel/Frame 059476/0640
Jun 20, 2025
Reel 71675, frame 957
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationMedline Industries, LP (F/K/A Medline Industries, Inc.); Nima Partners, Inc. (as Successor-in-Interest to Nima Acquisition, LLC)Partial Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Jun 20, 2025
Reel 71676, frame 468
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationNima Partners, Inc. (as Successor-in-Interest to Nima Acquisition, LLC)Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 060382/0577)
Jun 20, 2025
Reel 71676, frame 571
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationMedline Industries, LP (F/K/A Medline Industries, Inc.); Nima Partners, Inc. (as Successor-in-Interest to Nima Acquisition, LLC)Partial Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 057927/0091)
Jun 20, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentMedline Industries, LP (F/K/A Medline Industries, Inc.)Partial Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents, Recorded on October 21, 2021, at Reel/Frame 058040/0001
Jun 20, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentNima Partners, Inc. (as Successor-in-Interest to Nima Acquisition, LLC)Partial Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents, Recorded on October 21, 2021, at Reel/Frame 058040/0001
Jun 20, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationMedline Industries, LP (F/K/A Medline Industries, Inc.)Partial Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Jun 20, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationNima Partners, Inc. (as Successor-in-Interest to Nima Acquisition, LLC)Partial Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents
Jun 20, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationMedline Industries, LP (F/K/A Medline Industries, Inc.)Partial Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 057927/0091)
Jun 20, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National AssociationNima Partners, Inc. (as Successor-in-Interest to Nima Acquisition, LLC)Partial Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (Reel/Frame 057927/0091)

Sources

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

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