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US 8,877,251 Grace period ended
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Term ends Dec 12, 2026 · Low confidence

Grace period ended Nov 4, 2026 · no payment on record as of the Nov 10, 2026 fee file · lapse expected

Held by Jagotec AG
Filed Sep 5, 2012 as application 13/604,280 · Granted Nov 4, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2026
Clock starts
Dec 12, 2006
Term ends
Dec 12, 2026
Granted
Nov 4, 2014
base term 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.
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.
4
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low: the grace period for its third maintenance fee ended Nov 4, 2026 with no payment on record. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 12, 2006, when application PCT/EP2006/011941, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 5, 2012)Dec 12, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsThe grace period ended with no payment on record in the fee filegrace period ended Nov 4, 2026Low confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 12, 2026Low confidence

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Application 12/086,345Abandoned
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US 8,877,251this patent
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Application 14/492,390Abandoned
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3 of 4 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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
Sep 26, 2012
Reel 29026, frame 870
Mueller-walz, RudiJagotec AGAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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