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Apparatus and Method for Producing and Analyzing a Plurality of Sample Materials

US 10,352,885 In force
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Term ends May 22, 2036 · High confidence

Filed Jun 13, 2017 as application 15/535,501 · Granted Jul 16, 2019
Base term plus 159 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2036
Clock starts
Dec 15, 2015
Term ends
May 22, 2036
Granted
Jul 16, 2019
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
159
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
2
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 runs 159 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 15, 2015, when application PCT/EP2015/079880, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 13, 2017)Dec 15, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+159 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 22, 2036High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 22, 2036High confidence

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US 10,352,885this patent
May 2036
May 2036
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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
Aug 29, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Enders, MichaelThyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AGAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 29, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Enders, MichaelThyssenkrupp AGAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 29, 2017
Reel 43433, frame 731
Enders, MichaelThyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG; Thyssenkrupp AGAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 19, 2025
Reel 70255, frame 339
Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AGThyssenkrupp Polysius GmbHChange of Name

Sources

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