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Aerodynamic Trucking Systems

US 9,751,573 In force
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Term ends May 27, 2031 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Nov 9, 2015 as application 14/935,647 · Granted Sep 5, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
May 27, 2011
Term ends
May 27, 2031
Granted
Sep 5, 2017
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
19
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 May 27, 2011, when application 13/117,891, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 9, 2015); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)May 27, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 27, 2031Medium 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
Nov 9, 2015
Reel 36991, frame 315
Senatro, Richard P.Strehl, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 19, 2023
Reel 64022, frame 141
Strehl, LLCFleetaero, LLCChange of Name
Apr 23, 2026
Reel 74457, frame 21
Fleetaero, LLCTranstex LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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