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Preparation of Filler-Metal Weld Rod by Injection Molding of Powder

US 8,206,645 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jun 26, 2020 on the fee record · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.
Filed Aug 11, 2011 as application 13/207,891 · Granted Jun 26, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jun 26, 2020
2004 2026
Clock starts
Jul 27, 2004
No longer in force
Jun 26, 2020
Granted
Jun 26, 2012
Term would have run to
Jul 27, 2024
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,021,604, to Jul 27, 2024. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
11
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 Jul 27, 2024: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jul 27, 2004, when application 10/900,803, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 11, 2011); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jul 27, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,021,604)resolves to Jul 27, 2024, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jun 26, 2020High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 26, 2020Medium confidence

This family

US 7,387,763Lapsed on the fee record
Jun 2020
Jun 2020
US 8,021,604Lapsed on the fee record
Sep 2019
Sep 2019
US D618,760Term ended
Jun 2024
Jun 2024
US 8,568,593In force
Sep 2031
Sep 2031
US D672,009In force
Dec 2026
Dec 2026
US 8,206,645this patent
Jun 2020
Jun 2020
US D718,412In force
Nov 2028
Nov 2028
US D762,279In force
Jul 2030
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8 of 11 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

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