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US 7,028,907 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Apr 18, 2018 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Jun 2, 2003 as application 10/452,994 · Granted Apr 18, 2006
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Apr 18, 2018
2003 2026
Clock starts
Jun 2, 2003
No longer in force
Apr 18, 2018
Granted
Apr 18, 2006
Term would have run to
Jun 2, 2023
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.
41
Family applications on record here
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Its term would have run to Jun 2, 2023: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 2, 2003, when this application, 10/452,994, was filedJun 2, 2023High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh 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 Apr 18, 2018High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 18, 2018High confidence

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US 7,841,932Term ended
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US 8,128,473Term ended
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US 7,028,907this patent
Apr 2018
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US 7,590,950In force
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US 7,540,413Term ended
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US 7,576,733Term ended
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8 of 41 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Oct 16, 2003
Reel 14592, frame 945
Collins, Christopher; Businger, Kurt; Hultzman, Scott; Romano, KevinGtech Rhode Island CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 21, 2016
Reel 40096, frame 239
Gtech Rhode Island CorporationGtech Rhode Island LLCChange of Name
Sep 21, 2016
Reel 40096, frame 269
Gtech Rhode Island LLCIGT Rhode Island LLCChange of Name

Sources

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