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Microporous Composite Sheet Material

US 9,790,629 Term ended
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Term ended Mar 11, 2023 · High confidence

Held by Fiberweb, LLC
Filed Nov 19, 2012 as application 13/680,380 · Granted Oct 17, 2017
Base term plus 576 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Mar 11, 2023
2003 2026
Clock starts
Mar 11, 2003
Term ended
Mar 11, 2023
Granted
Oct 17, 2017
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
576
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 8,328,968.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.

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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 filingClock starts Mar 11, 2003, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Nov 19, 2012)Mar 11, 2023High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+576 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 7, 2024High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,328,968)capped to Mar 11, 2023High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 11, 2023High confidence

Sources

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