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System, Method and Apparatus for Widespread Commercialization of Hydrogen as a Carbon-Free Alternative Fuel Source

US 9,493,223 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 8, 2022 (Cortland Capital Market Services LLC).

Term ends Feb 15, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Jul 4, 2014 as application 14/324,124 · Granted Nov 15, 2016
Base term plus 146 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2029
Clock starts
Oct 29, 2008
Term ends
Feb 15, 2029
Granted
Nov 15, 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
146
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,336,810.
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 146 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 29, 2008, when application 12/290,453, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 4, 2014)Oct 29, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+146 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 24, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,336,810)capped to Feb 15, 2029High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 15, 2029High confidence

This family

US 8,336,810In force
Feb 2029
Feb 2029
US 8,820,681Lapsed on the fee record
Sep 2026
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US 9,102,391In force
May 2029
May 2029
US 9,493,223this patent
Feb 2029
Feb 2029
US 10,308,340In force
Jun 2029
Jun 2029
Application 15/705,885Abandoned
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Application 16/714,129Abandoned
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Application 17/527,519Abandoned
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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
Jun 19, 2019
Reel 49526, frame 636
Blockchain Inc.Rocketfuel Blockchain CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 23, 2021
Reel 57571, frame 178
Brutoco, RinaldoH2 Clipper, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 8, 2022
Reel 59354, frame 902
Total Safety U.S., Inc.Cortland Capital Market Services LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the Patent Number 9493223 Previously Recorded at Reel: 041532 Frame: 0801. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest .

Sources

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

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