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Agricultural Implement with Combined Down Force and Depth Control

US 11,483,957 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Aug 30, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Feb 3, 2020 as application 16/779,929 · Granted Nov 1, 2022
Base term plus 326 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2030
Clock starts
Aug 30, 2010
Term ends
Aug 30, 2030
Granted
Nov 1, 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
326
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,522,889, US 9,215,837, US 9,307,688, US 9,854,724, US 9,907,222.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
8
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 326 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 1 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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 Aug 30, 2010, when application 12/870,949, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 3, 2020)Aug 30, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+326 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 22, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,522,889, US 9,215,837, US 9,307,688, US 9,854,724, US 9,907,222)capped to Aug 30, 2030High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 30, 2030High confidence

This family

US 8,522,889In force
Jun 2031
Jun 2031
US 9,215,837In force
Nov 2030
Nov 2030
US 9,307,688In force
Nov 2030
Nov 2030
US 9,854,724Lapsed on the fee record
Jan 2026
Jan 2026
US 9,907,222Lapsed on the fee record
Mar 2026
Mar 2026
US 10,588,252In force
Aug 2030
Aug 2030
US 10,512,202In force
Dec 2026
Dec 2026
US 11,483,957this patent
Aug 2030
Aug 2030
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
Feb 27, 2023
Reel 62816, frame 723
Adams, Brian T.; Wendte, Keith W.CNH Industrial America LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 7, 2023
Reel 64228, frame 867
CNH Industrial America LLCBlue Leaf I.P., Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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