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Negative Ion-Based Beam Injector

US 10,887,976 In force
OverviewFamilySources & methods

Term ends Sep 4, 2033 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Jun 26, 2019 as application 16/453,949 · Granted Jan 5, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Sep 4, 2013
Term ends
Sep 4, 2033
Granted
Jan 5, 2021
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,398,016, US 9,591,740, US 9,924,587, to Sep 4, 2033. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
7
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Sep 4, 2013, when application PCT/US2013/058093, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 26, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Sep 4, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,398,016, US 9,591,740, US 9,924,587)resolves to Sep 4, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 4, 2033Medium confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2013/058093PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,591,740In force
Sep 2033
Sep 2033
US 9,924,587In force
Sep 2033
Sep 2033
US 10,398,016In force
Sep 2033
Sep 2033
US 10,887,976this patent
Sep 2033
Sep 2033
US 11,363,708In force
Sep 2033
Sep 2033
6 of 7 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Sources

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

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