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Article Loading System and Method for Multilevel Sorter

US 11,759,826 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 27, 2026 (GLP GV China 2 Holdings Limited, as Successor in Interest to GLP China Holdings Limited).

Term ends Jul 12, 2042 · High confidence

Filed Jul 12, 2022 as application 17/812,055 · Granted Sep 19, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2022 2042
Clock starts
Jul 12, 2022
Term ends
Jul 12, 2042
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
base term Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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.
5
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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 Jul 12, 2022, when this application, 17/812,055, was filedJul 12, 2042High 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 orderJul 12, 2042High confidence

This family

US 11,759,826this patent
Jul 2042
Jul 2042
Application PCT/US2022/075195PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 12,090,522In force
Jun 2036
Jun 2036
US 12,686,034In force
Jun 2036
Jun 2036
Application 19/690,333Pending
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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 1, 2022
Reel 61037, frame 281
Serstad, James M; Futch, Michael C; Baring, Bruce DTompkins Robotics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 27, 2026
Reel 74490, frame 472
Tompkins Robotics, Inc.GLP GV China 2 Holdings Limited, as Successor in Interest to GLP China Holdings LimitedSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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