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Automated Sliding Panel Mechanism with Rack

US 10,961,766 In force
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Term ends Sep 1, 2037 · High confidence

Held by D&D-SW, LLC.
Filed Sep 12, 2018 as application 16/128,966 · Granted Mar 30, 2021
Base term plus 60 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Jul 3, 2017
Term ends
Sep 1, 2037
Granted
Mar 30, 2021
base term patent term adjustment fee events 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
60
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.
7
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 60 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 3, 2017, when application 62/528,288, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 12, 2018)Jul 3, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+60 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 1, 2037High 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 orderSep 1, 2037High 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
Oct 2, 2024
Reel 68769, frame 749
Hall Labs LLCD&D-SW, LLC.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 30, 2024
Reel 69075, frame 537
Hall, David RHall Labs LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 30, 2024
Reel 69075, frame 607
Miles, JeromeHall Labs LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 30, 2024
Reel 69075, frame 708
Brimhall, EmilyHall Labs LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 2, 2025
Reel 71784, frame 229
Hall Labs, LLCD&D-SW, LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor Name from Hall Labs LLC to Hall Labs, LLC and Assignee Name from D&d-Sw, LLC. to D&d-Sw, LLC and Assignee Address from 26040 to 26040 Ynez Road Previously Recorded on Reel 68769 Frame 749. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Assignors Interest.

Sources

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

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