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Ceramic piezoelectric ink jet print heads

US 6,412,924 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jul 2, 2014 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Named at grant Xaar Technology Limited · find this owner
Filed Jan 13, 1998 as application 09/006,410 · Granted Jul 2, 2002
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jul 2, 2014
1994 2026
Clock starts
Sep 12, 1994
No longer in force
Jul 2, 2014
Granted
Jul 2, 2002
Term would have run to
Sep 12, 2014
base term after the term ends 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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 Sep 12, 1994, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Jan 13, 1998); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Sep 12, 2014High 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 events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jul 2, 2014High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 2, 2014From the USPTO record

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