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Country	kind	publication No.	Filing Date	Type	Sub-Type
US	B2	US7270617	Nov 25, 2003	Patent	Grant
Type : Patent Sub-Type : Grant
GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION		Method for protecting at least one baseball area of a baseball playing field		Sep 18, 2007
US	B2	US7494433	Jul 16, 2007	Patent	Grant
Type : Patent Sub-Type : Grant
GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION		Baseball area protection system and method		Feb 24, 2009
US	B2	US8100785	Mar 16, 2011	Patent	Grant
Type : Patent Sub-Type : Grant
GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION		Baseball area protection system and method		Jan 24, 2012

• 15 United States
• 10 France
• 8 Japan
• 7 China
• 5 Korea
• 2 Other

Patent Owner(s)

Patent Owner	Address
AF SPORTS LLC	8233 FORSYTHIA ST STE 120 MIDDLETON WI 53562

International Classification(s)

• A63C:SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF C....

• 2009 Application Filing Year
• A63C Class
• 102 Applications Filed
• 70 Patents Issued To-Date
• 68.63 % Issued To-Date

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
Henning, William W	Sarasota, US	11	91
# of filed Patents : 11 Total Citations : 91

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• 3 Citation Count
• A63C Class

• 1.92 % this patent is cited more than
• 14 Age

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Maintenance Fees

Fee	Large entity fee	small entity fee	micro entity fee	due date

Fee	Large entity fee	small entity fee	micro entity fee
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unavoidable	$700.00	$350.00	$175.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unintentional	$1,640.00	$820.00	$410.00

DATE PUBLISHED	PUBLICATION/PATENT NO.	PUBLICATION TYPE
September 27, 2011	US,8025595,B2   US8025595B2	GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION
August 13, 2009	US,20090203473,A1   US20090203473A1	FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION

Full Text

US Patent No: 8025595

Baseball area protection system and method

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Abstract

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This invention relates to an integrally weighted baseball cover and system, method and apparatus for quickly delivering the cover and placing it onto an area of a baseball field, such as one or more of the infield areas, such as home base area, first base area, second base area, third base area, pitcher's mound area and/or bullpen areas.

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