Screed plate apparatus and method for homogeneously applying paving material to a road surface

US 10,156,050 Surrendered on reissue

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Surrendered on reissue Jul 25, 2023 · From the USPTO record

Computed 20-year base term

Surrendered on reissue Jul 25, 2023 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE49,588.

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Filed Sep 1, 2018 as application 16/120,239 · Granted Dec 18, 2018

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

Surrendered Jul 25, 2023

2018 2038

Clock starts
Sep 1, 2018

No longer in force
Jul 25, 2023

Granted
Dec 18, 2018

Term would have run to
Sep 1, 2038

base term after the term ends 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.

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Maintenance fees paid

Fees paid on this patent before its reissue. Those after fall due on the reissue, which carries the term on.

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.

Step	Input	Date after this step	Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filing	Clock starts Sep 1, 2018, when this application, 16/120,239, was filed	Sep 1, 2038	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	No term adjustment record on a grant after 2005, so none is added	no change	Medium confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	None on record	no cap applied	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	2 of 3 maintenance fees paid	no change	High confidence
Reissue	US RE49,588 issued Jul 25, 2023, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)	surrendered Jul 25, 2023	High confidence
Surrendered on reissue	The steps above, in order	Jul 25, 2023	From the USPTO record

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Screed plate apparatus and method for homogeneously applying paving material to a road surface

Surrendered on reissue Jul 25, 2023 · From the USPTO record

20-year base term ends Sep 1, 2038

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