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Multi-Scanner Device Having a Detachable Outlet Tester

US 7,633,282 in-force Ecm Industries LLC · Filed Aug 17, 2007 · Granted Dec 15, 2009

Also listed on Power Products LLC, which filed it. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Feb 2, 2028

Base term plus 169 days of PTA
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expires in 17 months
2007 2028
Clock starts
Aug 17, 2007
Granted
Dec 15, 2009
Term ends
Feb 2, 2028
base term patent term adjustment fee events Computed Sep 1, 2026 · countdowns run from that date · how we know
169
Days of PTA
1
Applications in this family

This patent's term runs 169 days past the statutory base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. Confidence: High. from the record

How this date was computed

Every step shows its rule, its 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, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisionalClock starts Aug 17, 2007Aug 17, 2027High
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh
Patent term adjustment+169 days, USPTO PTA recordFeb 2, 2028High
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidin-forceHigh
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 2, 2028High

The computation, verbatim

base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2007-08-17+20y | =2027-08-17 | PTA+169d=2028-02-02 | PTE:none | TD:none | paid 4yr@2013-03-14,8yr@2017-06-15,12yr@2021-06-15 | status=in-force@2028-02-02

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
Aug 17, 2007
reel/frame not recorded
Brockman, Daryl C.; Radle, Patrick J.; Wiesemann, David L.Actuant CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 11, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Actuant CorporationActuant Electrical, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 11, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Actuant Electrical, Inc.Electrical Holdings LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 30, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Power Products, LLCRoyal Bank of CanadaSecurity Agreement
Jul 22, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Actuant CorporationActuant Electrical, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Address Previously Recorded on Reel 031794 Frame 0568. Assignor(s) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Assignors Interest.
Sep 19, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Electrical Holdings LLCPower Products, LLCMerger
Oct 1, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Electrical Holdings LLCPower Products, LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the First-Listed Application Number Previously Recorded on Reel 033778 Frame 0301. Assignor(s) Hereby Confirms the First-Listed Application Number Should Be Changed from "08378879" to "08378809".
Dec 20, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral AgentPower Products, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 21, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Blue Sea Systems, Inc.; Lenco Marine Solutions, LLC; Power Products, LLC; Professional Mariner, L.L.C.Royal Bank of Canada, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 21, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Blue Sea Systems, Inc.; Lenco Marine Solutions, LLC; Power Products, LLC; Professional Mariner, L.L.C.Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Aug 10, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Administrative AgentPower Products, LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Second Lien Intellectual Property Collateral
Aug 10, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Administrative AgentBlue Sea Systems, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Second Lien Intellectual Property Collateral
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