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US 7,069,250 Surrendered on reissue
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Surrendered on reissue Oct 15, 2013 · Low confidence

Surrendered on reissue Oct 15, 2013 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE44,542.

Held by Cufer Asset Ltd. L.L.C.
Filed Oct 15, 2001 as application 09/976,056 · Granted Jun 27, 2006
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 592 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Surrendered Oct 15, 2013
2001 2026
Clock starts
Oct 15, 2001
No longer in force
Oct 15, 2013
Granted
Jun 27, 2006
Term would have run to
May 30, 2023
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
592
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Fees paid on this patent before its reissue. Those after fall due on the reissue, which carries the term on.

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 Oct 15, 2001, when this application, 09/976,056, was filedOct 15, 2021High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+592 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 30, 2023High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds; the fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case"no changeLow confidence
ReissueUS RE44,542 issued Oct 15, 2013, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)surrendered Oct 15, 2013High confidence
Surrendered on reissueThe steps above, in orderOct 15, 2013Low confidence

Sources

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