Arrangement for the maintenance of a sliding closure mounted on the spout of a container for molten metal

US 8,498,740 Lapsed on the fee record

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Lapsed Jul 30, 2021 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

Computed 20-year base term

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Named at grant Stopinc Aktiengesellschaft · find this owner

Filed Aug 31, 2007 as application 12/439,003 · Granted Jul 30, 2013

Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1055 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

Lapsed Jul 30, 2021

2007 2030

Clock starts
Aug 31, 2007

No longer in force
Jul 30, 2021

Granted
Jul 30, 2013

Term would have run to
Jul 21, 2030

base term patent term adjustment after the term ends fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know

1,055

Days of term adjustment

Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.

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.

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Step	Input	Date after this step	Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filing	Clock starts Aug 31, 2007, when this application, 12/439,003, was filed	Aug 31, 2027	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+1055 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Jul 21, 2030	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	1 of 3 maintenance fees paid	lapsed Jul 30, 2021	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Jul 30, 2021	From the USPTO record

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Arrangement for the maintenance of a sliding closure mounted on the spout of a container for molten metal

Lapsed Jul 30, 2021 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

20-year base term ends Aug 31, 2027

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