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Agricultural Implement with Combined Down Force and Depth Control

US 9,854,724 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jan 2, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

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Filed Dec 21, 2015 as application 14/976,787 · Granted Jan 2, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
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base term after the term ends 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.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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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Its term would have run to Aug 30, 2030: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 30, 2010, when application 12/870,949, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 21, 2015)Aug 30, 2030High 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 events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jan 2, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 2, 2026High 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 22, 2017
Reel 44197, frame 501
Adams, Brian T.; Wendte, Keith W.CNH America LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 22, 2017
Reel 44496, frame 492
CNH America LLCCNH Industrial America LLCChange of Name
Nov 9, 2018
Reel 47493, frame 960
CNH Industrial America LLCBlue Leaf I.P., Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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