Sorting Table Featuring Grading Rolls with Modifiable and Adjustable Gaps, and Machines and Installations Making Use Thereof

US 8,763,815 Lapsed on the fee record

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Lapsed Jul 1, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

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Filed Nov 9, 2011 as application 13/292,597 · Granted Jul 1, 2014

Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 385 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

Lapsed Jul 1, 2026

2011 2032

Clock starts
Nov 9, 2011

No longer in force
Jul 1, 2026

Granted
Jul 1, 2014

Term would have run to
Nov 28, 2032

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

385

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 Nov 9, 2011, when this application, 13/292,597, was filed	Nov 9, 2031	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+385 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Nov 28, 2032	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 Jul 1, 2026	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Jul 1, 2026	High confidence

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Sorting Table Featuring Grading Rolls with Modifiable and Adjustable Gaps, and Machines and Installations Making Use Thereof

Lapsed Jul 1, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

20-year base term ends Nov 9, 2031

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