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US 8,561,670 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Oct 22, 2021 on the fee record · Medium confidence

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

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Nov 14, 2011 as application 13/295,705 · Granted Oct 22, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Oct 22, 2021
2008 2028
Clock starts
Oct 6, 2008
No longer in force
Oct 22, 2021
Granted
Oct 22, 2013
Term would have run to
Oct 6, 2028
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.
4
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 Oct 6, 2028: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Oct 6, 2008, when application 12/245,951, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 14, 2011); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Oct 6, 2028High 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 capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Oct 22, 2021High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 22, 2021Medium confidence

This family

US 8,056,611In force
Jun 2029
Jun 2029
Application PCT/US2009/059627PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application 12/994,843Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 8,561,670this patent
Oct 2021
Oct 2021
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
Apr 12, 2019
Reel 48875, frame 933
Gildemeister, David R.; Kirby, James L.; Richter, Ray T.; Shanko, Charles W.Alcoa Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 14, 2019
Reel 49179, frame 665
Alcoa Inc.Arconic Inc.Change of Name
Mar 16, 2020
Reel 52167, frame 298
Arconic Inc.Arconic Inc.Merger
Mar 23, 2020
Reel 52204, frame 580
Arconic Inc.Arconic Technologies LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 26, 2020
Reel 52235, frame 826
Arconic Technologies LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
Mar 31, 2020
Reel 52272, frame 669
Arconic Technologies LLCU.S. Bank National AssociationPatent Security Agreement
May 14, 2020
Reel 52671, frame 850
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Arconic Technologies LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 14, 2020
Reel 52671, frame 937
Arconic Technologies LLCU.S. Bank National AssociationSecurity Interest
May 14, 2020
Reel 52672, frame 425
Arconic Technologies LLCDeutsche Bank AG New York BranchSecurity Interest
Aug 22, 2023
Reel 64661, frame 283
U.S. Bank National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentArconic Technologies LLCRelease of Security Interest
Aug 22, 2023
Reel 64661, frame 409
Deutsche Bank AG New York BranchArconic Technologies LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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

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