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Memory Mapping System and Method

US 6,810,442 Term ended
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Term ended Nov 16, 2019 · Medium confidence

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

Held by Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Filed Sep 12, 2001 as application 09/954,275 · Granted Oct 26, 2004
Base term plus 442 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Nov 16, 2019
1998 2026
Clock starts
Aug 31, 1998
Term ended
Nov 16, 2019
Granted
Oct 26, 2004
base term patent term adjustment 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
442
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.

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 Aug 31, 1998, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Sep 12, 2001); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Aug 31, 2018High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+442 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 16, 2019High 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 orderNov 16, 2019Medium confidence

Sources

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Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built

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