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Methods for Producing Helmet Inserts with Materials Having Multiple Mechanisms of Hardening

US 11,312,084 In force
OverviewFamilySources & methods

Term ends Jan 14, 2034 · High confidence

Held by Carbon, Inc.
Filed Oct 13, 2020 as application 17/068,962 · Granted Apr 26, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Jun 22, 2015
Term ends
Jan 14, 2034
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
base term after the term ends 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.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,343,331, US 10,350,823, US 10,538,031, US 10,647,054, US 10,647,879, US 10,899,868.
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Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
9
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 resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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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.
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 22, 2015, when application PCT/US2015/036946, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 13, 2020)Jun 22, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,343,331, US 10,350,823, US 10,538,031, US 10,647,054, US 10,647,879, US 10,899,868)capped to Jan 14, 2034High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 14, 2034High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2015/036946PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,453,142In force
Jun 2035
Jun 2035
US 9,982,164In force
Jun 2035
Jun 2035
US 10,647,879In force
Jan 2034
Jan 2034
US 10,899,868In force
Jun 2035
Jun 2035
US 11,312,084this patent
Jan 2034
Jan 2034
US 11,707,893In force
Jun 2035
Jun 2035
US 12,172,382In force
Jun 2035
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8 of 9 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Sources

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