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Patent Owner	Address
MARLEN INTERNATIONAL INC	4780 NW 41ST STREET #100 RIVERSIDE MO 64150

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Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
Koch, Drake L	Kansas City, MO	22	243
# of filed Patents : 22 Total Citations : 243
Powers, Richard G	Overland Park, KS	21	229
# of filed Patents : 21 Total Citations : 229

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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

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US Patent No: 6583371

Timer

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Cam-operated timers for various appliances, such as a clothes washer and a dryer, wherein the timers that are nearly identical from the user's standpoint. For example, the timer may be provided on both a clothes washer and a dryer. Each timer may be set and started in a same or similar manner. The timers each include a rotatable cam-carrying member having cam surfaces thereon, a timing motor, a drive mechanism, a plurality of cam-actuated switches and members generating a motion pattern, audible and/or tactile feedback, and both timers in response to actions by an operator setting the timer.

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Date	Code	Event	Description
Jul 25, 2011	STCH	INFORMATION ON STATUS: PATENT DISCONTINUATION	free format text: PATENT EXPIRED DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF MAINTENANCE FEES UNDER 37 CFR 1.362
Jun 24, 2011	FP	LAPSED DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEE	Effective Date: Jun 24, 2011
Jun 24, 2011	LAPS	LAPSE FOR FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES
Jan 31, 2011	REMI	MAINTENANCE FEE REMINDER MAILED
Nov 16, 2006	FPAY	FEE PAYMENT	year of fee payment: 4
Dec 16, 2003	CC	CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
Jun 24, 2003	I	Issuance
Dec 05, 2001	AS	ASSIGNMENT	free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:SOKALSKI, ROBERT G.;AMONETT, DANIEL KEITH;SMITH, DONALD E.;REEL/FRAME:012570/0879 Owner name: FRANCE/A SCOTT FETZER COMPANY, TENNESSEE Effective Date: Dec 05, 2001
Nov 02, 2001	F	Filing
Nov 02, 2001	PD	Priority Date