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Uv Germicidal System, Method, and Device Thereof

US 11,478,559 In force
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Also listed on Uv Corp., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends May 10, 2031 · High confidence

Filed May 18, 2018 as application 15/983,805 · Granted Oct 25, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
May 10, 2011
Term ends
May 10, 2031
Granted
Oct 25, 2022
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.
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Maintenance fees paid
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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. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 10, 2011, when application PCT/US2011/035985, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 18, 2018)May 10, 2031High 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 orderMay 10, 2031High confidence

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8 of 11 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

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
Oct 11, 2018
Reel 47138, frame 756
Cole, Theodore JohnUv Partners LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 11, 2018
Reel 47218, frame 386
Uv Partners LLCUv Partners, Inc.Conversion

Sources

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