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System and Method for Filling Containers with Fluids

US 11,465,786 In force
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Term ends Sep 22, 2034 · Low confidence

Held by Tinnus Enterprises, LLC
Filed Dec 15, 2020 as application 17/121,950 · Granted Oct 11, 2022
Base term plus 199 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Sep 22, 2014
Term ends
Sep 22, 2034
Granted
Oct 11, 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
199
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,894,620, US 9,051,066, US 9,242,749, US 9,315,282, US 9,527,612, US 9,533,779, US 9,682,789, US 9,950,817.
1 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 filingClock starts Sep 22, 2014, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Dec 15, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Sep 22, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+199 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 9, 2035High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,894,620, US 9,051,066, US 9,242,749, US 9,315,282, US 9,527,612, US 9,533,779, US 9,682,789, US 9,950,817)capped to Sep 22, 2034High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Further caveats on recordThe record names parents not resolved: 14976055, 14723953Low confidence overallLow confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 22, 2034Low confidence

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