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Faster state transitioning for continuous adjustable 3Deeps filter spectacles using multi-layered variable tint materials

US 10,742,965 Term ended
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Term ended Sep 17, 2022 · From the USPTO record

No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.
Filed Jun 14, 2018 as application 16/008,910 · Granted Aug 11, 2020
Base term plus 238 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Sep 17, 2022
2002 2026
Clock starts
Jan 22, 2002
Term ended
Sep 17, 2022
Granted
Aug 11, 2020
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
238
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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 Jan 22, 2002, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Jun 14, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jan 22, 2022High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+238 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 17, 2022High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo maintenance fee can end the term earlyterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 17, 2022From the USPTO record

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