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Fine Grinding Roller Mill

US 7,963,471 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

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

Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 10, 2026 (Wilmington Trust, National Association).

Term ends Mar 30, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Nov 13, 2008 as application 12/270,073 · Granted Jun 21, 2011
Base term plus 137 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2028
Clock starts
Nov 14, 2007
Term ends
Mar 30, 2028
Granted
Jun 21, 2011
base term patent term adjustment 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
137
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
4
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 137 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Nov 14, 2007, when application 11/939,621, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 13, 2008)Nov 14, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+137 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 30, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 30, 2028High confidence

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US 7,665,681In force
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Application PCT/US2008/083489PCT application
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Application PCT/US2008/083565PCT application
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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
Nov 13, 2008
Reel 21828, frame 456
Chen, Michael M.Alstom Technology Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 9, 2015
Reel 37244, frame 901
Alstom Technology Ltd.Arvos Technology LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 16, 2015
Reel 37311, frame 503
Arvos Technology LimitedArvos Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 28, 2017
Reel 41759, frame 760
Arvos Inc.Arvos Raymond Bartlett Snow LLC.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 25, 2020
Reel 52217, frame 562
Raymond Barlett Snow LLCSchenck Process LLCMerger
Mar 25, 2020
Reel 52218, frame 899
Arvos Raymond Barlett Snow LLCRaymond Barlett Snow LLCChange of Name
Feb 10, 2026
Reel 74733, frame 605
Baker Perkins, Inc.; Coperion Corporation; Coperion Process Solutions LLC (F/K/A Schenck Process LLC); Coperion Food Equipment LLC; Mold-Masters Dme Company LLC (F/K/A Dme Company LLC); K-Tron Technologies, Inc.; Rotex Global, LLC; Shick Solutions, Inc.Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest (LC)
Feb 10, 2026
Reel 74733, frame 711
Baker Perkins, Inc.; Coperion Corporation; Coperion Process Solutions LLC (F/K/A Schenck Process LLC); Coperion Food Equipment LLC; Mold-Masters Dme Company LLC (F/K/A Dme Company LLC); K-Tron Technologies, Inc.; Rotex Global, LLC; Shick Solutions, Inc.Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentSecurity Interest (Secured Notes)
Feb 10, 2026
Reel 75115, frame 459
Baker Perkins, Inc.; Coperion Corporation; Coperion Process Solutions LLC (F/K/A Schenck Process LLC); Coperion Food Equipment LLC; Mold-Masters Dme Company LLC (F/K/A Dme Company LLC); K-Tron Technologies, Inc.; Rotex Global, LLC; Shick Solutions, Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest (TL/RCF)

Sources

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

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