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US 11,068,032 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jul 20, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence

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Filed Dec 18, 2019 as application 16/718,199 · Granted Jul 20, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jul 20, 2025
2019 2039
Clock starts
Dec 18, 2019
No longer in force
Jul 20, 2025
Granted
Jul 20, 2021
Term would have run to
Dec 18, 2039
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.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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Maintenance fees paid
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Its term would have run to Dec 18, 2039: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 18, 2019, when this application, 16/718,199, was filedDec 18, 2039High 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 events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jul 20, 2025High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 20, 2025High confidence

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US 11,068,032this patent
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US 11,550,368In force
Dec 2039
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US 11,960,332In force
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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
Dec 19, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Chuang, Kun-you; Huang, Yi-ta; Lee, Wu-chen; Ling, Cheng-nan; Tai, Wen-chiehAcer IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 19, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Chuang, Kun-you; Huang, Yi-ta; Lee, Wu-chen; Ling, Cheng-nan; Tai, Wen-chiehDeda Metal Co., Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 19, 2019
Reel 51339, frame 214
Huang, Yi-ta; Ling, Cheng-nan; Lee, Wu-chen; Tai, Wen-chieh; Chuang, Kun-youAcer Incorporated; Deda Metal Co., Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 10, 2021
Reel 56492, frame 605
Acer Incorporated; Deda Metal Co., Ltd.Acer IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest

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