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Systems, Methods, and Devices for an Automobile Door or Window

US 10,077,084 In force
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Term ends Nov 21, 2036 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Dec 30, 2016 as application 15/396,209 · Granted Sep 18, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Nov 21, 2016
Term ends
Nov 21, 2036
Granted
Sep 18, 2018
base term fee events 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
15
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. from the record

How we calculated this date

One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 21, 2016, when application 15/357,350, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 30, 2016); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Nov 21, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 21, 2036Medium confidence

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Application PCT/US2017/031653PCT application
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Application 15/591,095Abandoned
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8 of 15 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 19, 2017
Reel 41016, frame 173
Milton, Trevor R.; Jennes, Steve; Scholten, MarkusBluegentech LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 30, 2018
Reel 46656, frame 994
Bluegentech LLCNikola CorporationConversion and Change of Name
Nov 25, 2025
Reel 73706, frame 118
Nikola CorporationHyroad Networks LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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