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Aircraft Cabin Enabling Passengers to Be Received on Several Levels and Corresponding Aircraft

US 9,278,757 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Mar 8, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence

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Filed Oct 19, 2012 as application 13/655,843 · Granted Mar 8, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Mar 8, 2024
2012 2032
Clock starts
Oct 19, 2012
No longer in force
Mar 8, 2024
Granted
Mar 8, 2016
Term would have run to
Oct 19, 2032
base term after the term ends fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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Its term would have run to Oct 19, 2032: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 19, 2012, when this application, 13/655,843, was filedOct 19, 2032High 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 events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Mar 8, 2024High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 8, 2024High confidence

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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
Jan 22, 2013
Reel 29671, frame 618
Dupont, Willy-pierreAirbus Operations (S.A.S.)Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 10, 2015
Reel 37082, frame 233
Dupont, Willy-pierreAirbus (S.A.S.)Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 029671 Frame: 0618. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.

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