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Vehicle Aerodynamic Improvement Apparatus and System

US 12,005,969 In force
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Term ends Dec 25, 2036 · Medium confidence

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

Filed Oct 20, 2021 as application 17/506,032 · Granted Jun 11, 2024
Base term plus 262 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Apr 7, 2016
Term ends
Dec 25, 2036
Granted
Jun 11, 2024
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
262
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
6
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 262 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Apr 7, 2016, when application 15/093,733, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 20, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Apr 7, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+262 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 25, 2036High 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 orderDec 25, 2036Medium confidence

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US 9,708,017In force
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US 12,005,969this patent
Dec 2036
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US 12,344,323In force
Apr 2036
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Application 19/237,269Pending
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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 1, 2022
Reel 59470, frame 148
Regan, Jesse; Senatro, Richard P.Strehl, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 19, 2023
Reel 64022, frame 141
Strehl, LLCFleetaero, LLCChange of Name

Sources

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

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