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Systems and Methods of Simulating Intermediate Forms for Additive Fabrication

US 9,987,800 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 29, 2020 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Jun 4, 2036 · High confidence

Filed Nov 17, 2014 as application 14/543,138 · Granted Jun 5, 2018
Base term plus 565 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2036
Clock starts
Nov 17, 2014
Term ends
Jun 4, 2036
Granted
Jun 5, 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
565
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.
4
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This patent's term runs 565 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 17, 2014, when this application, 14/543,138, was filedNov 17, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+565 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 4, 2036High 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 orderJun 4, 2036High confidence

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Application PCT/US2015/060992PCT application
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US 10,471,659In force
Nov 2034
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US 11,173,665In force
no later than Nov 2034
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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
May 26, 2015
Reel 35711, frame 210
Wighton, ShaneFormlabs, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 29, 2020
Reel 51734, frame 886
Formlabs Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
Aug 5, 2022
Reel 61087, frame 1
Formlabs Inc.; Formlabs Ohio Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Amended and Restated Intellectual Property Security Agreement

Sources

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

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