Method and System for Marking a Material Using a Laser Marking System

US 10,099,316 In force

Overview Sources & methods

Term ends Dec 12, 2031 · Medium confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Held by Klein Tools, Inc.

Filed May 17, 2013 as application 13/896,963 · Granted Oct 16, 2018

Base term plus 805 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Dec 12, 2031

2009 2031

Clock starts
Sep 28, 2009

Term ends
Dec 12, 2031

Granted
Oct 16, 2018

base term patent term adjustment 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

805

Days of term adjustment

Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.

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.

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 Sep 28, 2009, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed May 17, 2013); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)	Sep 28, 2029	High confidence
Continuity chain	A parent in the chain could not be resolved	dated from this application's own claim	Medium confidence
Patent term adjustment	+805 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Dec 12, 2031	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	2 of 3 maintenance fees paid	In force	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Dec 12, 2031	Medium confidence

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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Not on this page: the patent's family, its recorded assignments and its citation count. USPTO's assignment records, linked above, list every recorded assignment.

Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built

Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.

Method and System for Marking a Material Using a Laser Marking System

Term ends Dec 12, 2031 · Medium confidence

20-year base term ends Sep 28, 2029

How we calculated this date

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