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US 9,914,586 In force
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Term ends Jul 20, 2036 · High confidence

Filed Mar 9, 2017 as application 15/455,099 · Granted Mar 13, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Jul 20, 2016
Term ends
Jul 20, 2036
Granted
Mar 13, 2018
base term fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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.
13
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

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 Jul 20, 2016, when application PCT/CN2016/090684, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 9, 2017)Jul 20, 2036High 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 orderJul 20, 2036High 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
May 31, 2017
Reel 42542, frame 416
Zhu, Jianqiang; Xu, JuejingHangzhou Yamei Li-Jia Science and Technology Co. Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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