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Method And Apparatus for Load-Locked Printing

US 8,383,202 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 23, 2020 (Sino Xin Ji Limited).

Term ends Aug 5, 2029 · Medium confidence

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

Filed Jan 5, 2010 as application 12/652,040 · Granted Feb 26, 2013
Base term plus 418 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2029
Clock starts
Jun 13, 2008
Term ends
Aug 5, 2029
Granted
Feb 26, 2013
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
418
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.
62
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 418 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Jun 13, 2008, when application 12/139,391, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 5, 2010); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jun 13, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+418 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 5, 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 orderAug 5, 2029Medium confidence

This family

US 8,128,753Lapsed on the fee record
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Application 12/139,409Abandoned
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Application 12/139,391Abandoned
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Application 12/139,404Abandoned
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US 8,383,202this patent
Aug 2029
Aug 2029
Application PCT/US2010/058145PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application 12/954,910Abandoned
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Application 13/080,626Abandoned
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8 of 62 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
Oct 10, 2010
Reel 25117, frame 249
Somekh, Sass; Vronsky, EliyahuKateeva, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 3, 2015
Reel 36950, frame 991
Madigan, ConorKateeva, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 4, 2019
Reel 48806, frame 639
Kateeva, Inc.East West BankSecurity Interest
Jan 22, 2020
Reel 51664, frame 802
East West Bank, a California Banking CorporationKateeva, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 23, 2020
Reel 51682, frame 212
Kateeva, Inc.Sino Xin Ji LimitedSecurity Agreement
Mar 17, 2022
Reel 59382, frame 53
Kateeva, Inc.; Kateeva Cayman Holding, Inc.Sino Xin Ji LimitedSecurity Interest
Apr 19, 2022
Reel 59727, frame 111
Kateeva Cayman Holding, Inc.HB Solution Co., Ltd.Security Interest

Sources

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

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