Capsule device having variable specific gravity

US 10,098,526 Surrendered on reissue

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Surrendered on reissue Sep 1, 2020 · From the USPTO record

Computed 20-year base term

Surrendered on reissue Sep 1, 2020 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE48,181.

Named at grant Capsovision Inc. · find this owner

Filed Mar 17, 2015 as application 14/659,832 · Granted Oct 16, 2018

Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 696 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

Surrendered Sep 1, 2020

2015 2037

Clock starts
Mar 17, 2015

No longer in force
Sep 1, 2020

Granted
Oct 16, 2018

Term would have run to
Feb 10, 2037

base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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

696

Days of term adjustment

Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.

None

Terminal disclaimer

No disclaimer on this record.

Not on record

Maintenance fees

USPTO's record of this patent carries no fee events. A gap in the record, not evidence of lapse.

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.

Step	Input	Date after this step	Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filing	Clock starts Mar 17, 2015, when this application, 14/659,832, was filed	Mar 17, 2035	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+696 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Feb 10, 2037	High confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	None on record	no cap applied	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	No fee events in USPTO's record of this patent. A gap in the record, not evidence of lapse	no change	Medium confidence
Reissue	US RE48,181 issued Sep 1, 2020, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)	surrendered Sep 1, 2020	High confidence
Surrendered on reissue	The steps above, in order	Sep 1, 2020	From the USPTO record

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Capsule device having variable specific gravity

Surrendered on reissue Sep 1, 2020 · From the USPTO record

20-year base term ends Mar 17, 2035

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