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Safety Mechanism for Use with a Drum Unloader

US 10,518,988 In force
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Term ends Aug 27, 2038 · High confidence

Filed Aug 27, 2018 as application 16/113,148 · Granted Dec 31, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Aug 27, 2018
Term ends
Aug 27, 2038
Granted
Dec 31, 2019
base term fee events 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.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 27, 2018, when this application, 16/113,148, was filedAug 27, 2038High 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 orderAug 27, 2038High 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
Apr 1, 2019
Reel 48750, frame 322
Hryckowian, AndyIntegrated Dispense SolutionsAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 18, 2023
Reel 65272, frame 75
Carlisle Fluid Technologies, LLC; Hosco Fittings, LLC; Integrated Dispense Solutions, LLC; Carlisle Fluid Technologies UK LimitedMidcap Financial Trust, As Administrative AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement [term Loan]
Oct 19, 2023
Reel 65288, frame 960
Carlisle Fluid Technologies, LLC; Hosco Fittings, LLC; Integrated Dispense Solutions, LLC; Carlisle Fluid Technologies UK LimitedCitibank, N.A., as Administrative AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement [abl]
Jul 22, 2025
Reel 71794, frame 429
Integrated Dispense Solutions, LLC,Binks US, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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