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Off-Board Fuel Regulator for Generator Engine

US 11,492,985 In force
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Term ends Oct 20, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Feb 6, 2020 as application 16/783,455 · Granted Nov 8, 2022
Base term plus 130 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Jun 12, 2015
Term ends
Oct 20, 2035
Granted
Nov 8, 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
130
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.
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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 runs 130 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 12, 2015, when application 14/738,060, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 6, 2020)Jun 12, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+130 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 20, 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 orderOct 20, 2035High confidence

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Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Feb 6, 2020
Reel 51739, frame 852
Sarder, Mark J.; Sotiriades, Aleko D.; Dehn, James J.; Jenison, LeighChampion Engine Technology, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 6, 2020
Reel 51837, frame 599
Champion Engine Technology, LLCChampion Power Equipment, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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