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Agricultural Implement with Combined Down Force and Depth Control

US 9,307,688 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Nov 5, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Aug 15, 2013 as application 13/967,929 · Granted Apr 12, 2016
Base term plus 67 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2030
Clock starts
Aug 30, 2010
Term ends
Nov 5, 2030
Granted
Apr 12, 2016
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
67
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,522,889, US 9,215,837, to Nov 5, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
8
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 67 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Aug 30, 2010, when application 12/870,949, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 15, 2013)Aug 30, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+67 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 5, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,522,889, US 9,215,837)resolves to Nov 5, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 5, 2030High confidence

This family

US 8,522,889In force
Jun 2031
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US 9,215,837In force
Nov 2030
Nov 2030
US 9,307,688this patent
Nov 2030
Nov 2030
US 9,854,724Lapsed on the fee record
Jan 2026
Jan 2026
US 9,907,222Lapsed on the fee record
Mar 2026
Mar 2026
US 10,588,252In force
Aug 2030
Aug 2030
US 10,512,202In force
Dec 2026
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US 11,483,957In force
Aug 2030
Aug 2030
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
Jul 10, 2014
Reel 33289, frame 900
Adams, Brian T.; Wendte, Keith WCNH America LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 21, 2014
Reel 33361, frame 551
CNH America LLCCNH Industrial America LLCChange of Name
Feb 20, 2015
Reel 34996, frame 485
Adams, Brian T.; Wendte, Keith W.CNH Industrial America LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 6, 2016
Reel 39957, frame 791
CNH Industrial America LLCBlue Leaf I.P., Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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