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Pen System with Internal Pressure Tilt Rotation

US 11,703,962 In force
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Term ends Jul 6, 2036 · Low confidence

Filed Dec 13, 2021 as application 17/548,797 · Granted Jul 18, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Jul 6, 2016
Term ends
Jul 6, 2036
Granted
Jul 18, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,231,793, to Jul 6, 2036. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 Jul 6, 2016, when application PCT/US2016/041070, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 13, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jul 6, 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 capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,231,793)resolves to Jul 6, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Further caveats on recordThe record names parents not resolved: 17082237, 16672725, 16399336, 15506137Low confidence overallLow confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 6, 2036Low confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2016/041070PCT application
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US 10,296,108In force
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US 10,514,783In force
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US 10,437,355In force
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US 10,437,354In force
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US 10,852,851In force
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US 11,231,793Lapsed on the fee record
Jan 2026
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US 11,703,962this patent
Jul 2036
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8 of 10 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
Dec 14, 2021
Reel 58383, frame 36
Gray, Patrick Troy; Gray, MichaelSigmasense, LLC. (FKA 3AXISDATA, LLC.)Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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