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System and Method for Identification of Process Components

US 8,212,655 In force
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Term ends May 24, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Mar 30, 2006 as application 11/394,894 · Granted Jul 3, 2012
Base term plus 1151 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2029
Clock starts
Mar 30, 2006
Term ends
May 24, 2029
Granted
Jul 3, 2012
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
1,151
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.
9
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 1151 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 30, 2006, when this application, 11/394,894, was filedMar 30, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1151 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 24, 2029High 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 orderMay 24, 2029High confidence

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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
Mar 30, 2006
Reel 17756, frame 244
Nelson, Nathan Steven; Lamothe, Ross CharlesRosemount Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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