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US 12,729,655 In force
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Term ends Nov 1, 2033 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 11,761,390, US 11,905,896, US 12,723,549), so the cap could be lower.

Filed Jan 17, 2025 as application 19/027,054 · Granted Sep 8, 2026
Base term plus 28 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Nov 1, 2013
Term ends
Nov 1, 2033
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
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
28
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,598,101, US 11,306,667, US 11,761,390, US 11,905,896, US 12,723,549, US 9,435,273.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
8
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 28 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 1 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Nov 1, 2013, when application 14/069,747, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 17, 2025)Nov 1, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+28 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 29, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,598,101, US 11,306,667, US 11,761,390, US 11,905,896, US 12,723,549, US 9,435,273)capped to Nov 1, 2033Medium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 1, 2033Medium confidence

This family

US 9,435,273In force
May 2034
May 2034
US 10,598,101In force
May 2034
May 2034
US 11,306,667In force
Nov 2033
Nov 2033
US 11,761,390In force
no later than Nov 2033
no later than Nov 2033
US 11,905,896In force
no later than Nov 2033
no later than Nov 2033
US 12,723,549In force
no later than Nov 2033
no later than Nov 2033
US 12,729,655this patent
Nov 2033
Nov 2033
Application 19/027,095Pending
not computed
not computed
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
Jan 20, 2025
Reel 69929, frame 194
Sarder, Mark J.; Jenison, Leigh; Schmit, IanChampion Engine Technology, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 20, 2025
Reel 69929, frame 250
Champion Engine Technology, LLCChampion Power Equipment, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

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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