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Lapsed Nov 29, 2019 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Dec 18, 2009 as application 12/641,369 · Granted Nov 29, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Nov 29, 2019
2009 2029
Clock starts
Dec 18, 2009
No longer in force
Nov 29, 2019
Granted
Nov 29, 2011
Term would have run to
Dec 18, 2029
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.
1 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.
13
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Dec 18, 2029: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 18, 2009, when this application, 12/641,369, was filedDec 18, 2029High 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 events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Nov 29, 2019High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 29, 2019High confidence

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US 8,403,102In force
Jan 2032
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Aug 2030
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US 8,517,146In force
Jul 2031
Jul 2031
US 7,914,609In force
Jul 2029
Jul 2029
US 8,065,823this patent
Nov 2019
Nov 2019
US 8,402,680Lapsed on the fee record
Mar 2025
Mar 2025
US 8,241,378In force
no later than Oct 2028
no later than Oct 2028
US 9,433,147In force
Feb 2034
Feb 2034
8 of 13 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
Dec 18, 2009
Reel 23671, frame 900
Morrell, Thomas D.Briggs & Stratton CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 27, 2019
Reel 50564, frame 916
Briggs & Stratton CorporationJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jul 22, 2020
Reel 53287, frame 487
Briggs & Stratton CorporationJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Aug 21, 2020
Reel 54617, frame 331
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentBriggs & Stratton CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Sep 22, 2020
Reel 53885, frame 211
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentBriggs & Stratton CorporationRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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