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Miniature BNC Connector

US 7,104,826 Surrendered on reissue
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Surrendered on reissue Nov 15, 2011 · Low confidence

Surrendered on reissue Nov 15, 2011 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE42,926.

Held by Trompeter Electronics, Inc.
Filed Aug 10, 2004 as application 10/914,280 · Granted Sep 12, 2006
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Surrendered Nov 15, 2011
2001 2026
Clock starts
Aug 27, 2001
No longer in force
Nov 15, 2011
Granted
Sep 12, 2006
Term would have run to
Aug 27, 2021
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.
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 Aug 27, 2001, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Aug 10, 2004); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Aug 27, 2021High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 RE42,926 issued Nov 15, 2011, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)surrendered Nov 15, 2011High confidence
Surrendered on reissueThe steps above, in orderNov 15, 2011Low confidence

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