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Reduced Size Fire Tube Boiler System and Method of Operating Same

US 11,662,120 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 16, 2021 (Royal Bank of Canada).

Term ends Jun 18, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Sep 26, 2018 as application 16/142,988 · Granted May 30, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Jun 18, 2015
Term ends
Jun 18, 2035
Granted
May 30, 2023
base term 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
2
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 18, 2015, when application 14/743,422, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 26, 2018)Jun 18, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 18, 2035High confidence

This family

Application 14/743,422Abandoned
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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
Aug 30, 2021
Reel 57329, frame 669
Cleaver-Brooks, LLCThe Cleaver-Brooks Company, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 30, 2021
Reel 57331, frame 131
The Cleaver-Brooks Company, Inc.Royal Bank of CanadaSecurity Interest
Aug 30, 2021
Reel 57331, frame 182
The Cleaver-Brooks Company, Inc.U.S. Bank National AssociationSecurity Interest
Aug 30, 2021
Reel 57392, frame 177
Cleaver-Brooks, Inc.Cleaver-Brooks, LLCChange of Name
Dec 16, 2021
Reel 58533, frame 405
The Cleaver Brooks Company, Inc.Royal Bank of CanadaPatent Security Agreement
Jul 18, 2022
Reel 60532, frame 952
The Cleaver- Brooks Company, Inc.Barings Finance LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Oct 27, 2022
Reel 61556, frame 326
Cleaver-Brooks of Canada LimitedRoyal Bank of CanadaRelease of Security Interest
May 15, 2024
Reel 67424, frame 729
Barings Finance LLC, as Collateral AgentThe Cleaver-Brooks Company, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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