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Cutting Tool and Method for Single-Handed Destructive Release of a Cable Tie

US 12,735,220 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on HellermannTyton Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Dec 9, 2044 · High confidence

Filed Jan 24, 2024 as application 18/421,732 · Granted Sep 15, 2026
Base term plus 320 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2024 2044
Clock starts
Jan 24, 2024
Term ends
Dec 9, 2044
Granted
Sep 15, 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
320
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 320 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 Jan 24, 2024, when this application, 18/421,732, was filedJan 24, 2044High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+320 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 9, 2044High 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 orderDec 9, 2044High 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
Jan 25, 2024
Reel 66250, frame 29
Moyzischewitz, MarconHellermanntyton GmbHAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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