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Node and method of controlling devices connected to node

US 11,006,509 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed May 11, 2025 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Named at grant Igor, Inc. · find this owner
Filed Mar 30, 2020 as application 16/833,741 · Granted May 11, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed May 11, 2025
2015 2035
Clock starts
Jul 16, 2015
No longer in force
May 11, 2025
Granted
May 11, 2021
Term would have run to
Jul 16, 2035
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 3
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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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 16, 2015, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Mar 30, 2020)Jul 16, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNo term adjustment record on a grant after 2005, so none is addedno changeMedium confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed May 11, 2025High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 11, 2025From the USPTO record

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