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Method for Filling the Pockets of a Transport Device in the Form of a Suspension Conveyor and Device for Carrying Out Said Method

US 10,336,548 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilySources & methods

Term ends no later than Jan 7, 2036 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Held by Ferag AG
Filed Jun 25, 2018 as application 16/017,473 · Granted Jul 2, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Jan 7, 2016
Ends no later than
Jan 7, 2036
Granted
Jul 2, 2019
base term 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
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.
1 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.
3
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 on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jan 7, 2016, when application PCT/EP2016/050160, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 25, 2018)Jan 7, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Jan 7, 2036Medium confidence

This family

US 10,005,616Lapsed on the fee record
Jun 2026
Jun 2026
US 10,336,548this patent
no later than Jan 2036
no later than Jan 2036
2 of 3 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Sources

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