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Term ends Nov 19, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Jan 3, 2020 as application 16/733,545 · Granted Apr 13, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Nov 19, 2012
Term ends
Nov 19, 2032
Granted
Apr 13, 2021
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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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 Nov 19, 2012, when application 13/680,282, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 3, 2020)Nov 19, 2032High 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 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 19, 2032High confidence

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US 9,850,066In force
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Nov 2032
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US 10,974,898this patent
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US 11,492,198In force
Nov 2032
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US 11,897,694In force
no later than Nov 2032
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US 12,421,038In force
Nov 2032
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Application 19/026,290Pending
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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
Jan 6, 2020
Reel 51419, frame 721
Salichs, Rafael; Tamayo, Juan CarlosVertique, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 6, 2020
Reel 51419, frame 724
Vertique, Inc.Illinois Tool Works Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 6, 2020
Reel 51419, frame 734
Illinois Tool Works Inc.Itw Spain Holdings, S.l.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 6, 2020
Reel 51419, frame 743
Itw Spain Holdings, S.l.Signode Industrial Group LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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