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Seed Trench Depth Detection Systems

US 11,839,171 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Sep 8, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Aug 20, 2020 as application 16/998,693 · Granted Dec 12, 2023
Base term plus 419 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
May 12, 2017
Term ends
Sep 8, 2037
Granted
Dec 12, 2023
base term patent term adjustment 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
419
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,874,042, US 10,932,405, US 11,547,036, US 11,785,876, US 11,812,682.
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.
13
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 419 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 May 12, 2017, when application PCT/US2017/032456, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 20, 2020)May 12, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+419 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 5, 2038High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,874,042, US 10,932,405, US 11,547,036, US 11,785,876, US 11,812,682)capped to Sep 8, 2037High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 8, 2037High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2017/032426PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application PCT/US2017/032456PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,932,405In force
Sep 2037
Sep 2037
US 10,874,042In force
Sep 2037
Sep 2037
US 11,547,036In force
Mar 2038
Mar 2038
US 11,839,171this patent
Sep 2037
Sep 2037
US 11,812,682In force
Jun 2038
Jun 2038
US 11,785,876In force
May 2038
May 2038
8 of 13 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 20, 2020
Reel 53555, frame 55
Strnad, Michael; Hodel, Jeremy; Koch, Dale; Swanson, Todd; Sloneker, DillonPrecision Planting LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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