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US D456,877 Term ended

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Term ended no later than May 7, 2016 · From the USPTO record

Named at grant Wildwood Industries, Inc. · find this owner

Filed Oct 1, 1999 as application 29/111,674 · Granted May 7, 2002

Base term, 14 years from grant

Today

14 years from grant

Ended no later than May 7, 2016

2002 2026

Clock starts
May 7, 2002

Ended no later than
May 7, 2016

base term after the term ends 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.

Unresolved

Terminal disclaimer

On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.

14 years from grant

Base term

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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, 14 years from grant	Granted May 7, 2002	May 7, 2016	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	Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved	no cap applied, and none guessed	Medium confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	no later than May 7, 2016	From the USPTO record

Sources

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This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.