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Method and device for separating a substrate

US 11,401,194 In force
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Term ends Apr 28, 2035 · From the USPTO record

Named at grant LPKF Laser & Electronics AG · find this owner
Filed Aug 21, 2017 as application 15/681,464 · Granted Aug 2, 2022
Base term plus 390 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2035
Clock starts
Apr 3, 2014
Term ends
Apr 28, 2035
Granted
Aug 2, 2022
base term patent term adjustment fee events 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
390
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.

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.
Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 3, 2014, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Aug 21, 2017); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Apr 3, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+390 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 28, 2035High 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 orderApr 28, 2035From the USPTO record

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