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Pressure-Cooking Utensil Having a Dual-Purpose Locking/Unlocking Control Member

US 8,944,272 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends no later than Dec 16, 2029 · Low confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Held by SEB S.A.
Filed Oct 17, 2013 as application 14/056,161 · Granted Feb 3, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2029
Clock starts
Dec 16, 2009
Ends no later than
Dec 16, 2029
Granted
Feb 3, 2015
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
3
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 Dec 16, 2009, when application PCT/FR2009/052572, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 17, 2013); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Dec 16, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Dec 16, 2029Low confidence

This family

US 8,887,939In force
Nov 2031
Nov 2031
US 8,944,272this patent
no later than Dec 2029
no later than Dec 2029
2 of 3 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
Aug 21, 2014
Reel 33584, frame 22
Chameroy, Eric; Roussard, PhilippeSEB S.A.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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