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Apparatus and Method for Control of Print Gap

US 9,120,344 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 23, 2020 (Sino Xin Ji Limited).

Lapsed Sep 1, 2023 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Aug 8, 2012 as application 13/570,154 · Granted Sep 1, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 407 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Sep 1, 2023
2012 2033
Clock starts
Aug 8, 2012
No longer in force
Sep 1, 2023
Granted
Sep 1, 2015
Term would have run to
Sep 19, 2033
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
407
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
8
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Sep 19, 2033: its 20-year base term plus 407 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Aug 8, 2012, when this application, 13/570,154, was filedAug 8, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+407 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 19, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Sep 1, 2023High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 1, 2023High confidence

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US 9,120,344this patent
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Application PCT/US2013/063128PCT application
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US 9,302,513In force
Aug 2032
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US 9,550,383In force
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US 9,789,715In force
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US 9,656,491In force
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US 10,029,497In force
Aug 2032
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Application 16/040,138Abandoned
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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, 2013
Reel 31292, frame 630
Lowrance, Robert B.; Miller, Michael; Somekh, Sass; Madigan, Conor F.; Vronsky, Eliyahu; Birang, ManoocherKateeva, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 4, 2019
Reel 48806, frame 639
Kateeva, Inc.East West BankSecurity Interest
Jan 22, 2020
Reel 51664, frame 802
East West Bank, a California Banking CorporationKateeva, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 23, 2020
Reel 51682, frame 212
Kateeva, Inc.Sino Xin Ji LimitedSecurity Agreement
Mar 17, 2022
Reel 59382, frame 53
Kateeva, Inc.; Kateeva Cayman Holding, Inc.Sino Xin Ji LimitedSecurity Interest
Apr 19, 2022
Reel 59727, frame 111
Kateeva Cayman Holding, Inc.HB Solution Co., Ltd.Security Interest

Sources

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

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