System for generating the movement of a support plate in six degrees of freedom

US 10,393,308 Surrendered on reissue

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Surrendered on reissue Aug 15, 2023 · From the USPTO record

Computed 20-year base term

Surrendered on reissue Aug 15, 2023 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE49,612.

Named at grant Micro-Controle—spectra-Physics · find this owner

Filed Dec 30, 2016 as application 16/067,810 · Granted Aug 27, 2019

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

Surrendered Aug 15, 2023

2016 2036

Clock starts
Dec 30, 2016

No longer in force
Aug 15, 2023

Granted
Aug 27, 2019

Term would have run to
Dec 30, 2036

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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Step	Input	Date after this step	Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filing	Clock starts Dec 30, 2016, when this application, 16/067,810, was filed	Dec 30, 2036	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	No term adjustment record on a grant after 2005, so none is added	no change	Medium confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	None on record	no cap applied	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	1 of 3 maintenance fees paid	no change	High confidence
Reissue	US RE49,612 issued Aug 15, 2023, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)	surrendered Aug 15, 2023	High confidence
Surrendered on reissue	The steps above, in order	Aug 15, 2023	From the USPTO record

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System for generating the movement of a support plate in six degrees of freedom

Surrendered on reissue Aug 15, 2023 · From the USPTO record

20-year base term ends Dec 30, 2036

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