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Free-Piston Stirling Machine In An Opposed Piston Gamma Configuration Having Improved Stability, Efficiency And Control

US 8,752,375 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 29, 2016 (Midwest Community Development Fund IX, L.L.C.).

Term ends Feb 24, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Aug 16, 2011 as application 13/210,704 · Granted Jun 17, 2014
Base term plus 192 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2032
Clock starts
Aug 16, 2011
Term ends
Feb 24, 2032
Granted
Jun 17, 2014
base term patent term adjustment 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
192
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.
2
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This patent's term runs 192 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

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 16, 2011, when this application, 13/210,704, was filedAug 16, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+192 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 24, 2032High 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 orderFeb 24, 2032High 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
Aug 17, 2011
Reel 26761, frame 735
Berchowitz, David M.Global Cooling, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 29, 2016
Reel 37617, frame 364
Global Cooling, Inc.Midwest Community Development Fund IX, L.L.C.Security Interest
Nov 21, 2017
Reel 44189, frame 201
Global Cooling, Inc.Pacific Western BankSecurity Interest
Dec 11, 2018
Reel 47746, frame 427
Global Cooling, Inc.Midwest Community Development Fund IX, L.L.C.; Advantage Capital Community Development Fund Xxxii, L.L.C.Security Interest
Dec 11, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Global Cooling, Inc.Midwest Community Development Fund IX, L.L.C.Security Interest
Dec 11, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Global Cooling, Inc.Advantage Capital Community Development Fund Xxxii, L.L.C.Security Interest
Dec 18, 2020
Reel 54689, frame 619
Global Cooling, Inc.; Global Cooling B.V.Midcap Business Credit LLCSecurity Interest
Dec 18, 2020
Reel 54807, frame 650
Pacific Western BankGlobal Cooling, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Feb 17, 2021
Reel 55296, frame 607
Global Cooling, Inc.Advantage Capital Community Development Fund Xxxii, L.L.C.; Advantage Capital Community Development Fund Xxxiii, L.L.C.Security Interest
Feb 17, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Global Cooling, Inc.Advantage Capital Community Development Fund Xxxii, L.L.C.Security Interest
Feb 17, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Global Cooling, Inc.Advantage Capital Community Development Fund Xxxiii, L.L.C.Security Interest
Nov 5, 2021
Reel 58034, frame 799
Midcap Business Credit LLCEMD Acquisition LLCRelease of Security Interest
Sep 23, 2022
Reel 61190, frame 777
Advantage Capital Community Development Fund Xxxii, L.L.C.; Advantage Capital Community Development Fund Xxxiii, L.L.C.Global Cooling, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 10, 2025
Reel 72212, frame 451
Global Cooling, Inc.Banc of CaliforniaSecurity Interest

Sources

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