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Resistance heating system

US 7,141,766 Surrendered on reissue
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Surrendered on reissue Jul 22, 2014 · From the USPTO record

Surrendered on reissue Jul 22, 2014 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE45,026.

Named at grant JNT Technical Services, Inc. · find this owner
Filed Mar 8, 2005 as application 11/074,507 · Granted Nov 28, 2006
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Surrendered Jul 22, 2014
2005 2026
Clock starts
Mar 8, 2005
No longer in force
Jul 22, 2014
Granted
Nov 28, 2006
Term would have run to
Mar 8, 2025
base term after the term ends fee events 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 8, 2005, when this application, 11/074,507, was filedMar 8, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNo term adjustment record on a grant after 2005, so none is addedno changeMedium 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 holdsno changeMedium confidence
ReissueUS RE45,026 issued Jul 22, 2014, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)surrendered Jul 22, 2014High confidence
Surrendered on reissueThe steps above, in orderJul 22, 2014From the USPTO record

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