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US 12,714,404 · App. 17/758,932 · Granted Aug 25, 2026

Flexible capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer arrays

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Patent No.
US 12,714,404
App. No.
17/758,932
Granted
Aug 25, 2026
Kind
B2
Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2022
From: ROHLING, ROBERT; GERARDO, CARLOS D; CRETU, EDMOND
To: THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Reel/Frame 061692/0930 →
Continuity (4)
Provisional Application 62962284 · Jan 17, 2020
Provisional Application 62962285 · Jan 17, 2020
Provisional Application 62962291 · Jan 17, 2020
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