Lapsed Jun 27, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 24, 2030
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Emseal Joint Systems Ltd.
Filed Aug 8, 2014 as application 14/455,398 · Granted Jun 27, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jun 27, 2025
2010
2030
Clock starts
Mar 24, 2010
Mar 24, 2010
No longer in force
Jun 27, 2025
Jun 27, 2025
Granted
Jun 27, 2017
Jun 27, 2017
Term would have run to
Mar 24, 2030
Mar 24, 2030
base term
after the term ends
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.
1 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.
7
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Mar 24, 2030: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 24, 2010, when application 12/730,354, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 8, 2014) | Mar 24, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jun 27, 2025 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 27, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,341,908 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 8,813,449 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2022 | Aug 2022 |
| US 8,813,450 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2022 | Aug 2022 |
| US 9,689,157 | this patent Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| US 9,689,158 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| US 10,787,806 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 10,787,805 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2014 Reel 33963, frame 971 | Hensley, Lester; Witherspoon, Bill | Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Citations
64
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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