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Method and System for Operating a Metal Drop Ejecting Three-Dimensional (3D) Object Printer to Form Electrical Circuits on Substrates

US 11,731,366 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Apr 9, 2041 · High confidence

Filed Jul 31, 2020 as application 16/945,509 · Granted Aug 22, 2023
Base term plus 252 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2041
Clock starts
Jul 31, 2020
Term ends
Apr 9, 2041
Granted
Aug 22, 2023
base term patent term adjustment 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
252
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
74
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 252 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Jul 31, 2020, when this application, 16/945,509, was filedJul 31, 2040High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+252 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 9, 2041High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 9, 2041High confidence

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Application PCT/US2008/010200PCT application
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Application PCT/US2008/010199PCT application
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Application 61/215,725Provisional application
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Application 61/216,712Provisional application
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Application 61/278,669Provisional application
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Application 61/279,072Provisional application
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8 of 74 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
Jul 31, 2020
Reel 53374, frame 477
Mantell, David A.; Chungbin, Christopher T.; Cormier, Daniel R.; Cormier, Denis; Meda, Manoj; Jayabal, Dinesh Krishna KumarXerox CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 10, 2022
Reel 62740, frame 214
Xerox CorporationCitibank, N.A., as AgentSecurity Interest
May 18, 2023
Reel 63694, frame 122
Citibank, N.A., as AgentXerox CorporationRelease of Security Interest in Patents at R/F 062740/0214
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

Sources

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

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