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Modular shipping apparatus and system

US 10,377,562 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Aug 13, 2023 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Named at grant Cargo Cube Systems, LLC · find this owner
Filed May 22, 2017 as application 15/600,923 · Granted Aug 13, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 222 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 13, 2023
2014 2034
Clock starts
Apr 2, 2014
No longer in force
Aug 13, 2023
Granted
Aug 13, 2019
Term would have run to
Nov 10, 2034
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
222
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.

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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 filingClock starts Apr 2, 2014, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed May 22, 2017); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Apr 2, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+222 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 10, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Aug 13, 2023High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 13, 2023From the USPTO record

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