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Method and System for Operating a Metal Drop Ejecting Three-Dimensional (3D) Object Printer to Compensate for Geometric Variations That Occur During an Additive Manufacturing Process

US 11,565,475 In force
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Term ends Mar 16, 2041 · High confidence

Filed Apr 10, 2020 as application 16/845,312 · Granted Jan 31, 2023
Base term plus 340 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2041
Clock starts
Apr 10, 2020
Term ends
Mar 16, 2041
Granted
Jan 31, 2023
base term patent term adjustment 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
340
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.

This patent's term runs 340 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 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 Apr 10, 2020, when this application, 16/845,312, was filedApr 10, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+340 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 16, 2041High 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 orderMar 16, 2041High confidence

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
Sep 16, 2020
Reel 53789, frame 252
Mantell, David A.; Chungbin, Christopher T.; Liu, Chu-heng; Vader, Scott J.; Vader, Zachary S.; Sukhotskiy, Victor; Cormier, Denis; Tawil, KareemXerox CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 21, 2020
Reel 53827, frame 573
Mantell, David A.; Chungbin, Christopher T.; Liu, Chu-heng; Vader, Scott J.; Vader, Zachary S.; Sukhotskiy, Viktor; Cormier, Denis; Tawil, KareemXerox CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 22, 2023
Reel 64760, frame 389
Xerox CorporationCitibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 1, 2023
Reel 65734, frame 413
Xerox CorporationElem Additive, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 1, 2023
Reel 65743, frame 267
Elem Additive, LLCAdditive Technologies LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 13, 2024
Reel 68261, frame 1
Citibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentXerox CorporationTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at RF 064760/0389

Sources

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

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