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Surface Cleaning Apparatus and Tray

US 11,096,544 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Jun 21, 2039 · Medium confidence

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

Held by Bissell Inc.
Filed Dec 11, 2020 as application 17/119,300 · Granted Aug 24, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2039
Clock starts
Jun 21, 2019
Term ends
Jun 21, 2039
Granted
Aug 24, 2021
base term 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
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.
8
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: 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 Jun 21, 2019, when application PCT/US2019/038423, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 11, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jun 21, 2039High 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 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 orderJun 21, 2039Medium confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2019/038423PCT application
no patent term
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US 11,096,544this patent
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US 11,147,426Lapsed on the fee record
Oct 2025
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US 10,973,383In force
Jun 2039
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Application 17/228,232Abandoned
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US 12,213,633In force
Jun 2039
Jun 2039
Application 17/488,406Abandoned
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Application 18/733,257Pending
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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
Dec 11, 2020
Reel 54618, frame 260
Nguyen, Tom Minh; Boles, Jake; Resch, Jacob; Wong, Ying Chun; Tang, Jian Hua; Wang, YunfuBissell Homecare, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 11, 2020
Reel 54618, frame 292
Bissell Homecare, Inc.Bissell Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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