Embedded and efficient low-complexity hierarchical image coder and corresponding methods therefor

US 6,965,700 Lapsed on the fee record

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Lapsed Nov 15, 2017 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

Computed 20-year base term

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.

Filed Dec 29, 2003 as application 10/747,870 · Granted Nov 15, 2005

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

Lapsed Nov 15, 2017

2000 2026

Clock starts
Jan 24, 2000

No longer in force
Nov 15, 2017

Granted
Nov 15, 2005

Term would have run to
Jan 24, 2020

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

None

Term adjustment

No prosecution delay on this record.

Unresolved

Terminal disclaimer

On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.

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.

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 filing	Clock starts Jan 24, 2000, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Dec 29, 2003)	Jan 24, 2020	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	None on file	no change	High confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved	no cap applied, and none guessed	Medium confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	2 of 3 maintenance fees paid	lapsed Nov 15, 2017	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Nov 15, 2017	From the USPTO record

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Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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Not on this page: the patent's family, its recorded assignments and its citation count. USPTO's assignment records, linked above, list every recorded assignment.

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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Embedded and efficient low-complexity hierarchical image coder and corresponding methods therefor

Lapsed Nov 15, 2017 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

20-year base term ended Jan 24, 2020

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