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Air-Cooling Heat Dissipation Device

US 10,438,868 In force
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Term ends Nov 22, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Feb 12, 2018 as application 15/894,256 · Granted Oct 8, 2019
USPTO first gave this application the number US 10,325,832 and withdrew it before it issued. That number now leads here.
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Nov 22, 2017
Term ends
Nov 22, 2037
Granted
Oct 8, 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.
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.
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 22, 2017, when application 15/821,075, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 12, 2018)Nov 22, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderNov 22, 2037High confidence

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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
Feb 13, 2018
Reel 44909, frame 578
Liao, Jia-yu; Chen, Shih-chang; Huang, Che-wei; Huang, Chi-feng; Han, Yung-lungMicrojet Technology Co., Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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