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Air Cooling System Incorporating Membrane-Free Filter And/Or Integral Framing for Filter

US 9,504,945 In force
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Term ends Jun 11, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Jun 11, 2010 as application 12/813,655 · Granted Nov 29, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2030
Clock starts
Jun 11, 2010
Term ends
Jun 11, 2030
Granted
Nov 29, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,535,404, US 8,668,755, US 9,028,594, to Jun 11, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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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.
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 11, 2010, when this application, 12/813,655, was filedJun 11, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,535,404, US 8,668,755, US 9,028,594)resolves to Jun 11, 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 orderJun 11, 2030High 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
Aug 23, 2010
Reel 24870, frame 46
Crabtree, Lamonte A.; Harriman, Mike; Raider, MikeClarcor Air Filtration ProductsAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 1, 2020
Reel 53946, frame 203
Clarcor Air Filtration Products, Inc.Clarcor Inc.Merger
Oct 1, 2020
Reel 53946, frame 593
Clarcor, Inc.Parker-Hannifin CorporationMerger
Nov 10, 2020
Reel 54371, frame 141
Parker-Hannifin CorporationParker Intangibles LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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