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System and Method for Media Blasting a Workpiece

US 12,172,266 In force
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Term ends Mar 18, 2044 · High confidence

Filed Mar 18, 2024 as application 18/608,533 · Granted Dec 24, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2024 2044
Clock starts
Mar 18, 2024
Term ends
Mar 18, 2044
Granted
Dec 24, 2024
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.
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.
39
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 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

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 18, 2024, when this application, 18/608,533, was filedMar 18, 2044High 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 orderMar 18, 2044High confidence

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8 of 39 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
May 7, 2024
Reel 67331, frame 233
Gupta, Satyandra K.; Kabir, Ariyan M.; Shah, Brual C.; Krishnan, Vihan; Ahire, Avadhoot L.; Panchal, Sagakumar J.; Chavez-garcia, Miguel A.; Kulkarni, Ashish; Salinas, Christian A.; Thorat, Rahul S.; Vincent, Jeano J.; Zelic, Murilo M.Graymatter Robotics Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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