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Methods for Grinding of Samples Using a Combination of Rotational and Linear Motion

US 11,474,006 In force
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Term ends Aug 18, 2035 · Low confidence

Held by Rotaprep, Inc.
Filed Dec 11, 2019 as application 16/710,979 · Granted Oct 18, 2022
Base term plus 484 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2035
Clock starts
Apr 21, 2014
Term ends
Aug 18, 2035
Granted
Oct 18, 2022
base term patent term adjustment 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
484
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
Not on record
Maintenance fees
USPTO's record of this patent carries no fee events. A gap in the record, not evidence of lapse.

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 21, 2014, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Dec 11, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Apr 21, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+484 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 18, 2035High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo fee events in USPTO's record of this patent. A gap in the record, not evidence of lapseIn forceMedium confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 18, 2035Low confidence

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