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Clean Toilet and Accessories

US 11,674,298 In force
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Term ends Aug 4, 2036 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Held by Kohler Co.
Filed Jul 29, 2021 as application 17/388,582 · Granted Jun 13, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Aug 4, 2016
Term ends
Aug 4, 2036
Granted
Jun 13, 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.
16
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: Medium. 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 Aug 4, 2016, when application PCT/US2016/048419, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 29, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Aug 4, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium 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 orderAug 4, 2036Medium confidence

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Application PCT/US2016/048419PCT application
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US 11,674,298this patent
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8 of 16 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

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 3, 2021
Reel 57140, frame 437
Luettgen, Michael; Kuru, William; Garrels, Clayton; Denzin, Peter W.Kohler Co.Assignment for Continuation of Patent Application No. 16/564,311

Sources

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