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Material Output Volume Detecting Device for Automated Beverage Preparation Apparatus

US 11,787,682 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 21, 2026 (Cathay Bank).

Term ends Mar 31, 2041 · High confidence

Filed Nov 21, 2022 as application 17/991,029 · Granted Oct 17, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2021 2041
Clock starts
Mar 31, 2021
Term ends
Mar 31, 2041
Granted
Oct 17, 2023
base term 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,597,642, US 11,787,681, to Mar 31, 2041. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
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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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Mar 31, 2021, when application 17/218,314, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 21, 2022)Mar 31, 2041High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,597,642, US 11,787,681)resolves to Mar 31, 2041, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 31, 2041High confidence

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US 11,597,642In force
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US 11,787,681In force
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US 11,787,682this patent
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US 12,077,424In force
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8 of 27 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, 2023
Reel 64441, frame 798
Botrista Technology, Inc.Cathay BankSecurity Interest
Apr 11, 2024
Reel 67070, frame 485
Botrista Technology, Inc.Botrista, Inc.Change of Name
Feb 13, 2025
Reel 70228, frame 600
Botrista, Inc., a de Corporation, F/K/A Botrista Technology, Inc.East West Bank, a California Banking CorporationSecurity Interest
Aug 20, 2026
Reel 75725, frame 782
Cathay BankBotrista, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Aug 21, 2026
Reel 76262, frame 687
Botrista, Inc.Cathay BankSecurity Interest
Sep 14, 2026
Reel 76484, frame 140
East West BankBotrista, Inc., a de Corporation, F/K/A Botrista Technology, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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