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US 10,760,247 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Sep 1, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Jun 21, 2018 as application 16/015,140 · Granted Sep 1, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Sep 1, 2024
2016 2036
Clock starts
Feb 12, 2016
No longer in force
Sep 1, 2024
Granted
Sep 1, 2020
Term would have run to
Feb 12, 2036
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
8
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Feb 12, 2036: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. 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 Feb 12, 2016, when application 15/043,482, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 21, 2018)Feb 12, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Sep 1, 2024High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 1, 2024High confidence

This family

US 10,011,975In force
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US 10,787,792In force
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US 10,633,831In force
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US 10,633,832In force
Feb 2036
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US 10,760,247this patent
Sep 2024
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US 10,669,698Lapsed on the fee record
Jun 2024
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US 10,612,213In force
Feb 2036
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US 11,851,848In force
Aug 2036
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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
Jun 22, 2018
Reel 46173, frame 474
Carpenter, Christopher M.; Hyde, Steven D.; Lander, Javier; Betournay, Jason W.; Zuendel, Karsten D.Esco CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 17, 2018
Reel 46848, frame 493
Esco Corporation; Esco Group LLCEsco Group LLCMerger and Change of Name

Sources

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

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