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System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Device Coordination

US 11,029,942 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jun 8, 2025 on the fee record · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by W74 Technology, LLC
Filed Nov 4, 2020 as application 17/089,668 · Granted Jun 8, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jun 8, 2025
2012 2032
Clock starts
Oct 15, 2012
No longer in force
Jun 8, 2025
Granted
Jun 8, 2021
Term would have run to
Oct 15, 2032
base term after the term ends Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.

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 Oct 15, 2012, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Nov 4, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Oct 15, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jun 8, 2025High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 8, 2025Medium confidence

Sources

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