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Three-Dimensional Printer Tool Systems

US 9,469,072 In force
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Term ends Nov 15, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Dec 23, 2014 as application 14/580,711 · Granted Oct 18, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Nov 15, 2013
Term ends
Nov 15, 2033
Granted
Oct 18, 2016
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.
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.
11
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 15, 2013, when application 14/081,922, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 23, 2014)Nov 15, 2033High 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 events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 15, 2033High confidence

This family

US 9,085,109In force
Dec 2033
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Application PCT/US2014/064813PCT application
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US 9,481,132In force
Nov 2033
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US 9,238,331Lapsed on the fee record
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US 9,469,072this patent
Nov 2033
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US 10,214,004In force
Nov 2033
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US 10,525,691Lapsed on the fee record
Jan 2024
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US 10,525,692Lapsed on the fee record
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8 of 11 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
Mar 10, 2015
Reel 35122, frame 841
Schmehl, Peter Joseph; Kemperle, Aljosa; Schmehl, StewartMakerbot Industries, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 19, 2022
Reel 60731, frame 77
Makerbot Industries, LLCStratasys, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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