Hand spray mounts with integral backflow prevention

US 6,757,920 Lapsed on the fee record

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Lapsed Jul 6, 2008 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

Computed 20-year base term

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Named at grant I.W. Industries, Inc. · find this owner

Filed Aug 15, 2003 as application 10/641,796 · Granted Jul 6, 2004

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

Lapsed Jul 6, 2008

2002 2026

Clock starts
Aug 26, 2002

No longer in force
Jul 6, 2008

Granted
Jul 6, 2004

Term would have run to
Aug 26, 2022

base term after the term ends Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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.

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 filing	Clock starts Aug 26, 2002, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Aug 15, 2003)	Aug 26, 2022	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	None on file	no change	High confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	None on record	no cap applied	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	0 of 3 maintenance fees paid	lapsed Jul 6, 2008	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Jul 6, 2008	From the USPTO record

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Hand spray mounts with integral backflow prevention

Lapsed Jul 6, 2008 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

20-year base term ended Aug 26, 2022

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