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Computer controlled guidance of a biopsy needle

Computer controlled guidance of a biopsy needle is marketed for licensing by University of Florida. It is documented in US patent US 6,546,279. The current assignee of record is University of Florida. Google Patents reports its legal status as “Expired - Lifetime” (an automated indicator, not a legal determination). Its expected expiration is 2021-10-18.

This patent appears to have reached the end of its statutory term, so the invention is in the public domain and may be practised without a licence; there is no longer an exclusive patent right to license.

Patent picture

FieldValueReliabilitySource
US patentUS 6,546,27995%HighGoogle Patents
Patent titleComputer controlled guidance of a biopsy needle90%HighGoogle Patents
Current assigneeUniversity of Florida80%GoodGoogle Patents
Original assigneeUniversity of Florida85%GoodGoogle Patents
Legal statusExpired - Lifetime70%ModerateGoogle Patents
Filing date2001-10-1290%HighGoogle Patents
Priority date2001-10-1290%HighGoogle Patents
Publication date2003-04-0890%HighGoogle Patents
Expected expiration2021-10-1875%ModerateGoogle Patents
Reliability of each field, at a glance:
  • High 90% and up
  • Good 80 to 89%
  • Moderate 70 to 79%
Hover a bar for the exact figure; the Source column links the citation.

Legal status is Google Patents' automated indicator, not a legal determination.

Joined to US 6,546,279 by its printed patent number (a deterministic match), then enriched from public Google Patents data. Fields are shown only where resolved against a public source; unresolved fields are omitted, never guessed.

Original listing

This technology is marketed for licensing by University of Florida. View the original listing.