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Apparatus and Method for an Oral Nicotine Dispensing System

US 12,505,717 In force
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Term ends Oct 17, 2044 · High confidence

Filed Mar 11, 2025 as application 19/076,050 · Granted Dec 23, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2024 2044
Clock starts
Oct 17, 2024
Term ends
Oct 17, 2044
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
base term Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 17, 2024, when application 18/918,529, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 11, 2025)Oct 17, 2044High 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 events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 17, 2044High confidence

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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
Mar 13, 2025
Reel 70496, frame 188
Steinbauer, Martin; Azoulai, Sylvere; Halperin, Kylie; Russell, Christopher; Chagnon, JeffSkyx IP Holdings I LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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