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Method of, and a System for, Drilling to a Position Relative to a Geological Boundary

US 10,824,123 In force
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Term ends Aug 21, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Dec 30, 2014 as application 14/412,049 · Granted Nov 3, 2020
Base term plus 412 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2034
Clock starts
Jul 5, 2013
Term ends
Aug 21, 2034
Granted
Nov 3, 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
412
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.
4
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 runs 412 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. 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 Jul 5, 2013, when application PCT/AU2013/000734, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 30, 2014)Jul 5, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+412 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 21, 2034High 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 21, 2034High confidence

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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
Feb 11, 2015
Reel 34939, frame 633
McHugh, Charles BenjaminTechnological Resources Pty Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 14, 2016
Reel 37965, frame 405
McHugh, Charles BenjaminTechnological Resources Pty Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 3, 2020
Reel 53382, frame 624
McHugh, Charles BenjaminTechnological Resources Pty Ltd.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Address of Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 037965 Frame 0405. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Address for the Assignee Is 360 Collins Street, Level 7, Melbourne, Australia Vic 3000.

Sources

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

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