Breakaway Hinge Receptacle

US 11,441,344 Lapsed on the fee record

Overview Sources & methods

Lapsed Sep 13, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Mansfield Engineered Components, Inc.

Filed Dec 4, 2018 as application 16/209,059 · Granted Sep 13, 2022

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

Lapsed Sep 13, 2026

2014 2034

Clock starts
Jan 31, 2014

No longer in force
Sep 13, 2026

Granted
Sep 13, 2022

Term would have run to
Jan 31, 2034

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.

No effect

Terminal disclaimer

Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,145,157, to Jan 31, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.

0 of 2

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.

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 filing	Clock starts Jan 31, 2014, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Dec 4, 2018)	Jan 31, 2034	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	None on file	no change	High confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,145,157)	resolves to Jan 31, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no change	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	0 of 2 maintenance fees paid	lapsed Sep 13, 2026	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Sep 13, 2026	High confidence

Sources

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

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

Not on this page: the patent's family, its recorded assignments and its citation count. USPTO's assignment records, linked above, list every recorded assignment.

Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built

Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

Breakaway Hinge Receptacle

Lapsed Sep 13, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

20-year base term ends Jan 31, 2034

How we calculated this date

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