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Despatch Industries Limited Partnership

Filings on record here from 2001, where this site's data begins
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0 patents currently held, every record listed here

8 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
1 more record may belong here and awaits a decision; it is not counted.

This portfolio holds none of the 8 US patents in force on its record. from the record

Of the 8 now held by other companies, 8 name Illinois Tool Works Inc. as their current owner. Each row says so.

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Ending by 2030
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Next term end

When these terms end

Each bar runs from grant to computed term end. 2012 to 2037.
US 8,308,356 Enclosure and Method for Temperature-Sensitive Components Aug 25, 2029
US 9,217,212 Oven with Gas Circulation System and Method May 30, 2034
US 9,598,795 Fiber Oxidation Oven with Multiple Independently Controllable Heating Systems Aug 13, 2034
US 9,589,817 Dryer Dec 6, 2035
US 10,676,847 Discharge Nozzle Plate for Center-To-Ends Fiber Oxidation Oven Jan 6, 2036
US 10,458,710 Supply Plenum for Center-To-Ends Fiber Oxidation Oven Jul 16, 2036
US 10,443,941 Light Annealing in a Cooling Chamber of a Firing Furnace Jul 4, 2037
US 10,767,283 Ovens, Discharge Nozzle Plates for Distribution of Gas Through an Oven, and Methods to Operate an Oven Aug 26, 2037
20172022202720322037
Every computed term in this portfolio is shown above.Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
None of the currently held patents qualifies as notable.

Formerly held, still cited

Notable
Renewed at every maintenance window since the 2012 grant; no more fees are due before its term ends in 2029.
Ends Aug 2029 · High confidence
Also notable
The newest of the three, granted 2020. It anchors the portfolio to 2037, later than anything else here.
Ends Aug 2037 · High confidence
Also notable
Granted 2017 and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2034.
Ends Aug 2034 · High confidence

Fee deadlines

No maintenance fee falls due on this company's record before Nov 10, 2027.

Recent changes

Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.
Also on record: 8 patents in force now held by others · 4 patents ended · 3 applications abandoned. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
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