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Valve-diagnostic system and device

US 12,460,742 In force
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Term ends Mar 26, 2040 · From the USPTO record

Named at grant General Technologies Corp. · find this owner
Filed Apr 30, 2020 as application 16/864,053 · Granted Nov 4, 2025
Base term plus 514 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2040
Clock starts
Oct 29, 2018
Term ends
Mar 26, 2040
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
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
514
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.

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.
Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 29, 2018, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Apr 30, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Oct 29, 2038High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+514 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 26, 2040High 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 26, 2040From the USPTO record

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