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System and Method For Asynchronous Client Server Session Communication

US 10,394,866 Term ended
OverviewSources & methods

Term ended Aug 20, 2021 · High confidence

USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Oct 2, 2023.

Held by MasterObjects, Inc.
Filed Dec 22, 2016 as application 15/387,985 · Granted Aug 27, 2019
Base term plus 267 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Aug 20, 2021
2001 2026
Clock starts
Aug 20, 2001
Term ended
Aug 20, 2021
Granted
Aug 27, 2019
base term 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
267
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,112,529, US 8,539,024, US 9,760,628.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.

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 filingClock starts Aug 20, 2001, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Dec 22, 2016)Aug 20, 2021High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+267 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 14, 2022High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,112,529, US 8,539,024, US 9,760,628)capped to Aug 20, 2021High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo maintenance fee can end the term earlyterm endedHigh confidence
USPTO status recordRecorded as expired for non-payment on Oct 2, 2023, after the term endedno changeHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 20, 2021High confidence

Sources

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