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Repeller, cathode, chamber wall and slit member for ion implanter and ion generating devices including the same

US 10,573,486 In force
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Term ends Aug 6, 2036 · From the USPTO record

Named at grant Value Engineering, Ltd. · find this owner
Filed Jun 10, 2016 as application 15/742,283 · Granted Feb 25, 2020
Base term plus 57 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Jun 10, 2016
Term ends
Aug 6, 2036
Granted
Feb 25, 2020
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
57
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 10, 2016, when this application, 15/742,283, was filedJun 10, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+57 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 6, 2036High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 6, 2036From the USPTO record

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