Soil and time modeling for improved electromagnetic locators for underground utilities

US 7,109,716 Lapsed on the fee record

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Lapsed Sep 19, 2018 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

Computed 20-year base term

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

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Filed Nov 24, 2004 as application 10/997,510 · Granted Sep 19, 2006

Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 115 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

Lapsed Sep 19, 2018

2004 2026

Clock starts
Nov 24, 2004

No longer in force
Sep 19, 2018

Granted
Sep 19, 2006

Term would have run to
Mar 19, 2025

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

115

Days of term adjustment

Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.

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.

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Step	Input	Date after this step	Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filing	Clock starts Nov 24, 2004, when this application, 10/997,510, was filed	Nov 24, 2024	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+115 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Mar 19, 2025	High confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	None on record	no cap applied	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	2 of 3 maintenance fees paid	lapsed Sep 19, 2018	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Sep 19, 2018	From the USPTO record

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Soil and time modeling for improved electromagnetic locators for underground utilities

Lapsed Sep 19, 2018 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

20-year base term ended Nov 24, 2024

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