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Systems, Methods and Apparatuses for Authorized Use and Refill of a Printer Cartridge

US 9,977,370 In force
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Term ends Mar 13, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Sep 2, 2016 as application 15/255,428 · Granted May 22, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Mar 13, 2014
Term ends
Mar 13, 2034
Granted
May 22, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,227,417, to Mar 13, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
7
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. 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

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 Mar 13, 2014, when application 14/209,765, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 2, 2016)Mar 13, 2034High 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 9,227,417)resolves to Mar 13, 2034, 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 orderMar 13, 2034High confidence

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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
Jan 25, 2018
Reel 44731, frame 445
Ignatchenko, Sergey; Ivanchykhin, DmytroOlogn Technologies AGAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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