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Data access and management system as well as a method for data access and data management for a computer system

US 7,000,084 Surrendered on reissue
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Surrendered on reissue Sep 23, 2008 · From the USPTO record

Surrendered on reissue Sep 23, 2008 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE40,521.

No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.
Filed Jul 10, 2001 as application 09/903,431 · Granted Feb 14, 2006
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 739 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Surrendered Sep 23, 2008
2001 2026
Clock starts
Jul 10, 2001
No longer in force
Sep 23, 2008
Granted
Feb 14, 2006
Term would have run to
Jul 19, 2023
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
739
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
Not on record
Maintenance fees
USPTO's record of this patent carries no fee events. A gap in the record, not evidence of lapse.

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 10, 2001, when this application, 09/903,431, was filedJul 10, 2021High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+739 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 19, 2023High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo fee events in USPTO's record of this patent. A gap in the record, not evidence of lapseno changeMedium confidence
ReissueUS RE40,521 issued Sep 23, 2008, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)surrendered Sep 23, 2008High confidence
Surrendered on reissueThe steps above, in orderSep 23, 2008From the USPTO record

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