Also listed on Shawcor Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 18, 2021 (The Toronto-Dominion Bank).
Term ends Nov 16, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 16, 2032
Held by Shawcor Ltd. Shawcor Ltée
Filed Jun 29, 2017 as application 15/638,089 · Granted Jul 28, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Nov 16, 2012
Nov 16, 2012
Term ends
Nov 16, 2032
Nov 16, 2032
Granted
Jul 28, 2020
Jul 28, 2020
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
10
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 16, 2012, when application 13/679,810, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 29, 2017) | Nov 16, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 16, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 6,889,716 | Term ended Jan 2023 | Jan 2023 |
| Application 11/108,776 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,946,629 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 8,042,252 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 9,243,727 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 9,726,306 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 9,322,495 | In force Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
| US 10,226,823 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
8 of 10 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2017 Reel 43602, frame 354 | Duncan, Mark; Niu, Hao; Conley, Jeffrey Ryan; Edmondson, Stephen James; Holub, Jiri; Andrenacci, Alfredo; Gujare, Nitin | Flexpipe Systems Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 15, 2017 Reel 43867, frame 344 | Flexpipe Systems Inc. | Shawcor Ltd. Shawcor Ltée | Merger |
| Mar 18, 2021 Reel 55632, frame 971 | Shawcor Ltd. | The Toronto-dominion Bank, As Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Nov 2032
Term ends Nov 16, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
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