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Vehicle Aerodynamic Improvement Apparatus and System

US 12,344,323 In force
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Term ends Apr 7, 2036 · High confidence

Filed May 9, 2024 as application 18/659,262 · Granted Jul 1, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Apr 7, 2016
Term ends
Apr 7, 2036
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 12,005,969, to Apr 7, 2036. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 2 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 Apr 7, 2016, when application 15/093,733, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 9, 2024)Apr 7, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 12,005,969)resolves to Apr 7, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 7, 2036High confidence

This family

US 9,708,017In force
Apr 2036
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US 10,442,478In force
Jun 2036
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US 11,155,311In force
Apr 2036
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US 12,005,969In force
Dec 2036
Dec 2036
US 12,344,323this patent
Apr 2036
Apr 2036
Application 19/237,269Pending
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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 9, 2024
Reel 67360, frame 139
Regan, Jesse; Senatro, Richard P.Strehl, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 9, 2024
Reel 67361, frame 179
Strehl, LLCFleetaero, LLCChange of Name

Sources

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

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