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Irrigation Tire

US 9,108,469 In force
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Term ends Jul 8, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Oct 1, 2007 as application 11/865,085 · Granted Aug 18, 2015
Base term plus 646 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2029
Clock starts
Oct 1, 2007
Term ends
Jul 8, 2029
Granted
Aug 18, 2015
base term patent term adjustment 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
646
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.
9
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 runs 646 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. 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 Oct 1, 2007, when this application, 11/865,085, was filedOct 1, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+646 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 8, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 8, 2029High confidence

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Application PCT/US2008/011302PCT application
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Jun 2029
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Oct 2027
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Oct 2027
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Application 16/249,984Abandoned
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US 12,208,648In force
Oct 2027
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8 of 9 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
Oct 1, 2007
Reel 19900, frame 244
Wallet, Bill J., MR.; Regallis, John J., MR.; Parker, Jeffrey D., MR.; Shimizu, Nobuo, MR.; Miklic, Andrew T., MR.Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 28, 2014
Reel 33647, frame 721
Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLCBridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLCChange of Name
Nov 3, 2014
Reel 34088, frame 288
Dumigan, Keith A.Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 3, 2014
Reel 34142, frame 185
Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLCBridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLCChange of Name

Sources

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

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