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Cooling Assembly with Dampened Oscillation Response

US 12,684,685 In force
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Also listed on Corporation, Intel, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jul 19, 2042 · High confidence

Filed Dec 17, 2021 as application 17/555,250 · Granted Jul 14, 2026
Base term plus 214 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2021 2042
Clock starts
Dec 17, 2021
Term ends
Jul 19, 2042
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
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
214
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.

This patent's term runs 214 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 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 Dec 17, 2021, when this application, 17/555,250, was filedDec 17, 2041High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+214 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 19, 2042High 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 orderJul 19, 2042High confidence

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
Mar 9, 2023
Reel 62932, frame 755
Geng, Phil; Smalley, Jeffory L.; Ahuja, Sandeep; Miele, Ralph V.; Shia, DavidCorporation, IntelAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 16, 2026
Reel 76680, frame 580
Intel CorporationIntel Products IP LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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