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West Digital Technologies, Inc.

First filing 2018
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One patent currently held, every record listed here

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

The next term ends in Dec 2036. from the record

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When these terms end

Each bar runs from grant to computed term end. 2019 to 2036.
US 10,460,768 Base Unit and Disk Drive Apparatus Dec 13, 2036
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Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Only 1 of the currently held patents qualifies as notable.

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.
  • 1 fee due Apr 29, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Base Unit and Disk Drive Apparatus (US 10,460,768) comes due Apr 29, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 29, 2027, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

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

What they patent

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Patents held now

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US 10,460,768Base Unit and Disk Drive Apparatus
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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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