Also listed on Ion Systems, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Apr 23, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 23, 2030
Held by Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Filed Apr 23, 2010 as application 12/799,369 · Granted Nov 1, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Apr 23, 2010
Apr 23, 2010
Term ends
Apr 23, 2030
Apr 23, 2030
Granted
Nov 1, 2011
Nov 1, 2011
base term
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.
5
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 are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 23, 2010, when this application, 12/799,369, was filed | Apr 23, 2030 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 23, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,048,200 | this patent Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 8,038,775 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2011/024010 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,167,985 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
| US 8,460,433 | In force Apr 2030 | Apr 2030 |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 2010 Reel 25548, frame 129 | Gefter, Peter; Klochkov, Aleksey; Menear, John E.; Nelsen, Lyle Dwight | MKS Instruments, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 27, 2011 Reel 26185, frame 749 | MKS Instruments, Inc. | Ion Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 19, 2011 Reel 27408, frame 642 | Ion Systems, Inc. | Illinois Tool Works Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Apr 2030
Term ends Apr 23, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
17
later US patents cite this one
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