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US 11,235,270 In force
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Term ends Aug 17, 2036 · Medium confidence

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

Filed Feb 14, 2018 as application 15/896,589 · Granted Feb 1, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Aug 17, 2016
Term ends
Aug 17, 2036
Granted
Feb 1, 2022
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.
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. 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 Aug 17, 2016, when application PCT/US2016/047283, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 14, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Aug 17, 2036High 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 orderAug 17, 2036Medium confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2016/047283PCT application
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no patent term
Application 62/459,990Provisional application
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Application PCT/US2018/017952PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 11,235,270this patent
Aug 2036
Aug 2036
US 11,278,833In force
Dec 2036
Dec 2036
US 11,944,927In force
Dec 2036
Dec 2036
Application 18/586,796Pending
not computed
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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
Jul 26, 2018
Reel 46633, frame 766
Tate, Jason L.; Calcaterra, Farrell F.; Green, Thomas B.; Wick, Charles R.; Pastrana, Ryan M.; Michlitsch, JohnClarcor Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 26, 2020
Reel 53603, frame 944
Clarcor Inc.Parker-Hannifin CorporationMerger
May 13, 2022
Reel 59900, frame 975
Parker-Hannifin CorporationParker Intangibles LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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