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US 6,648,683 Term ended
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Term ended May 1, 2022 · High confidence

Filed May 1, 2002 as application 10/135,389 · Granted Nov 18, 2003
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended May 1, 2022
2002 2026
Clock starts
May 1, 2002
Term ended
May 1, 2022
Granted
Nov 18, 2003
base term after the term ends fee events 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
52
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. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 May 1, 2002, when this application, 10/135,389, was filedMay 1, 2022High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 1, 2022High confidence

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Mar 2029
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Application PCT/US2013/045233PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,654,062Lapsed on the fee record
May 2025
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8 of 52 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 1, 2002
Reel 12862, frame 918
Youtsey, Timothy L.PCT International, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 24, 2003
Reel 13879, frame 710
PCT International, Inc.Wells Fargo Business Credit, Inc.Security Interest
Oct 18, 2012
Reel 29150, frame 753
Andes Industries, Inc.Lan, DennisSecurity Agreement
Apr 3, 2018
Reel 45427, frame 717
PCT International, Inc.Bibby Financial Services (CA), Inc.Security Interest
Feb 16, 2022
Reel 59126, frame 491
PCT International, Inc.Sallyport Commercial Finance, LLCSecurity Interest
Oct 22, 2025
Reel 73172, frame 788
PCT International, Inc.DMZ Global LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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