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Bar Connecting Apparatus With Clip Advance

US 8,640,323 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 30, 2023 (Piney Lake Opportunities Eci Master Fund LP).

Term ends Jul 12, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Jan 14, 2011 as application 13/006,565 · Granted Feb 4, 2014
Base term plus 547 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2028
Clock starts
Jan 12, 2007
Term ends
Jul 12, 2028
Granted
Feb 4, 2014
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
547
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.
4
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 547 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

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 Jan 12, 2007, when application 11/622,674, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 14, 2011)Jan 12, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+547 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 12, 2028High 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 orderJul 12, 2028High 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
Feb 9, 2011
Reel 25778, frame 306
Kodi, Jon R.Kodi Klip CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 15, 2013
Reel 31645, frame 388
Kodi Klip CorporationSolidus Company, L.p.Security Agreement
Aug 11, 2016
Reel 39822, frame 621
Solidus Company, L.p.; Kodi Klip CorporationKodi Klip, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 21, 2016
Reel 39819, frame 720
Solidus Company, L.p.Kodi Klip, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 6, 2017
Reel 44800, frame 848
Dell Software Inc.Quest Software Inc.Change of Name
Apr 15, 2022
Reel 59611, frame 938
Kodi Klip, LLCDayton Superior CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 30, 2023
Reel 64127, frame 821
Dayton Superior CorporationPiney Lake Opportunities Eci Master Fund LPSecurity Interest
Jul 5, 2023
Reel 64206, frame 377
Dayton Superior CorporationBank of America, N.A., as AgentAssignment for Security - Patents
Aug 19, 2024
Reel 68327, frame 98
Dayton Superior CorporationRoyal Bank of CanadaSecurity Interest
Aug 19, 2024
Reel 68327, frame 185
Dayton Superior CorporationDeutsche Bank AG New York BranchSecurity Interest

Sources

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