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Automatic Cooking Machine with Automatic Water Replacing Mechanism

US 12,042,088 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 21, 2026 (Cathay Bank).

Term ends no later than Aug 27, 2040 · Low confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Filed Oct 20, 2021 as application 17/506,188 · Granted Jul 23, 2024
Base term plus 359 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2040
Clock starts
Sep 3, 2019
Ends no later than
Aug 27, 2040
Granted
Jul 23, 2024
base term patent term adjustment 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
359
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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 359 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Sep 3, 2019, when application 16/559,195, 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)Sep 3, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+359 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 27, 2040High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Aug 27, 2040Low confidence

This family

US 11,191,387In force
Aug 2040
Aug 2040
US 12,035,841In force
no later than Sep 2040
no later than Sep 2040
US 12,042,088this patent
no later than Aug 2040
no later than Aug 2040
US 12,096,882In force
no later than Sep 2039
no later than Sep 2039
US 12,102,258In force
no later than Sep 2039
no later than Sep 2039
US 12,137,835In force
no later than Sep 2039
no later than Sep 2039
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
Apr 15, 2022
Reel 59615, frame 818
Botrista Technology, Inc.Pinnacle Ventures, L.l.c.Security Interest
Jul 31, 2023
Reel 64441, frame 798
Botrista Technology, Inc.Cathay BankSecurity Interest
Jul 31, 2023
Reel 64435, frame 331
Pinnacle Ventures, L.l.c.Botrista Technology, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Apr 11, 2024
Reel 67070, frame 485
Botrista Technology, Inc.Botrista, Inc.Change of Name
Feb 13, 2025
Reel 70228, frame 600
Botrista, Inc., a de Corporation, F/K/A Botrista Technology, Inc.East West Bank, a California Banking CorporationSecurity Interest
Aug 20, 2026
Reel 75725, frame 782
Cathay BankBotrista, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Aug 21, 2026
Reel 76262, frame 687
Botrista, Inc.Cathay BankSecurity Interest
Sep 14, 2026
Reel 76484, frame 140
East West BankBotrista, Inc., a de Corporation, F/K/A Botrista Technology, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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