Clips for attaching staples for joining conveyor belt ends and clip-staple assemblies

US 8,701,876 Lapsed on the fee record

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Lapsed Apr 22, 2026 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

Computed 20-year base term

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

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Filed Apr 10, 2008 as application 12/595,496 · Granted Apr 22, 2014

Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 898 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

Lapsed Apr 22, 2026

2008 2030

Clock starts
Apr 10, 2008

No longer in force
Apr 22, 2026

Granted
Apr 22, 2014

Term would have run to
Sep 25, 2030

base term patent term adjustment 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

898

Days of term adjustment

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

None

Terminal disclaimer

No disclaimer on this record.

2 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 Apr 10, 2008, when this application, 12/595,496, was filed	Apr 10, 2028	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+898 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Sep 25, 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	2 of 3 maintenance fees paid	lapsed Apr 22, 2026	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Apr 22, 2026	From the USPTO record

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Clips for attaching staples for joining conveyor belt ends and clip-staple assemblies

Lapsed Apr 22, 2026 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

20-year base term ends Apr 10, 2028

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