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Dual optical module scanning mechanism

US 6,404,529 Term ended
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Term ended Aug 11, 2020 · From the USPTO record

Named at grant Avision Inc. · find this owner
Filed Aug 7, 2000 as application 09/634,335 · Granted Jun 11, 2002
Base term plus 4 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Aug 11, 2020
2000 2026
Clock starts
Aug 7, 2000
Term ended
Aug 11, 2020
Granted
Jun 11, 2002
base term after the term ends fee events 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
4
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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 Aug 7, 2000, when this application, 09/634,335, was filedAug 7, 2020High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+4 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 11, 2020High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 11, 2020From the USPTO record

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