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Single or Multi-Fire Semi-Automatic Perforation System and Methods of Use

US 11,846,164 In force
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Term ends Apr 18, 2043 · High confidence

Filed Apr 18, 2023 as application 18/302,628 · Granted Dec 19, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2023 2043
Clock starts
Apr 18, 2023
Term ends
Apr 18, 2043
Granted
Dec 19, 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.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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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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 Apr 18, 2023, when this application, 18/302,628, was filedApr 18, 2043High 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 orderApr 18, 2043High confidence

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Application PCT/US2023/019139PCT application
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US 12,110,770In force
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US 12,523,128In force
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Application 19/420,249Pending
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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
Apr 18, 2023
Reel 63366, frame 369
Blois, Stanley Jon; Griffin, Lawrence Gene; Janke, Ian Graham; Keyes, Cullen Craig; Jones, Gareth NicholasDefiant Engineering LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 12, 2024
Reel 67089, frame 847
Defiant Engineering, LLCGriffin, Lawrence G.; Rigdon, LarrySecurity Interest
Apr 12, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Defiant Engineering, LLCGriffin, Lawrence G.Security Interest
Apr 12, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
Defiant Engineering, LLCRigdon, LarrySecurity Interest
Nov 5, 2025
Reel 73485, frame 616
Defiant Engineering, LLCDefiant Precision Technologies, LLCChange of Name
Nov 19, 2025
Reel 73606, frame 433
Defiant Engineering, LLCDefiant Precision Technologies, LLCChange of Name
May 4, 2026
Reel 74547, frame 676
Griffin, Lawrence G; Rigdon, LarryDefiant Precision Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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