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Fluid Handling LLC

55 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
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Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
  • 2 fees due Dec 11 to 27, 2026 · next Dec 11
  • 2 fees due Feb 13 to 22, 2027 · next Feb 13
  • 3 fees due Apr 1 to 27, 2027 · next Apr 1
  • 1 fee due May 12, 2027
    The maintenance fee for E-11 switch assembly (US 10,473,507) comes due May 12, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 12, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Jun 30, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Contoured check valve disc for low cracking pressure (US 10,520,101) comes due Jun 30, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 3, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 3 fees due Jul 7 to 28, 2027 · next Jul 7
  • 1 fee due Aug 13, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Fluid routing methods for a spiral heat exchanger with lattice cross section made via additive manufacturing (US 11,898,804) comes due Aug 13, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 14, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 1 of the patents on this record was granted since Aug 16, 2026

Patents held now

Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US D686,699Balancing valve
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US D706,394Combined balancing scale and knob for a balancing valve
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,700,221Method and Apparatus for Pump Control Using Varying Equivalent System Characteristic Curve, Aka an Adaptive Control Curve
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 11,274,767Flow rate scale field calibration for balancing valve
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,170,137Rotatable orifice plate for direct flow measurement
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,016,140Valve having rotatable valve ball with calibrated orifice and coaxial upstream/downstream ports and angled taps to measure upstream/downstream pressures for flow measurement
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,366,582Combination isolation valve and check valve with integral flow rate, pressure, and/or temperature measurement
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 · From the USPTO record
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US 10,048,701Dynamic linear control methods and apparatus for variable speed pump control
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 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,714,717Flow switch assembly featuring two-part base assembly with non-metallic upper part and metallic lower part
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 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,611,856Mixed theoretical and discrete sensorless converter for pump differential pressure and flow monitoring
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Sources and methods

Compiled from the USPTO record, grants, published applications and recorded assignments, not yet reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

Published applications

US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.

5 pending · 4 abandoned · 1 no status recorded

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