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Pen System with Internal Pressure Tilt Rotation

US 11,231,793 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jan 25, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Oct 28, 2020 as application 17/082,237 · Granted Jan 25, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jan 25, 2026
2016 2036
Clock starts
Jul 6, 2016
No longer in force
Jan 25, 2026
Granted
Jan 25, 2022
Term would have run to
Jul 6, 2036
base term after the term ends 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.
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.
10
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 Jul 6, 2036: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 6, 2016, when application PCT/US2016/041070, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 28, 2020)Jul 6, 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 Jan 25, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 25, 2026High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2016/041070PCT application
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US 10,296,108In force
Aug 2036
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US 10,514,783In force
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US 10,437,355In force
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US 10,437,354In force
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US 10,852,851In force
Jul 2036
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US 11,231,793this patent
Jan 2026
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US 11,703,962In force
Jul 2036
Jul 2036
8 of 10 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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
Oct 28, 2020
Reel 54194, frame 322
Gray, Patrick Troy; Gray, MichaelSigmasense, LLC. (FKA 3AXISDATA, LLC.)Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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