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Surface-Mountable Apparatus for Coupling a Test and Measurement Instrument to a Device Under Test

US 10,845,384 In force
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Term ends Dec 31, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Mar 25, 2019 as application 16/363,790 · Granted Nov 24, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Dec 31, 2014
Term ends
Dec 31, 2034
Granted
Nov 24, 2020
base term 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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Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 31, 2014, when application 14/587,703, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 25, 2019)Dec 31, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 31, 2034High confidence

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Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Nov 26, 2019
Reel 51122, frame 327
Campbell, Julie A.Tektronix, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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