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Data transmission apparatus for high-speed transmission of digital data and method for automatic skew calibration

US 7,278,069 Term ended
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Term ended Aug 29, 2023 · From the USPTO record

No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.
Filed Apr 30, 2003 as application 10/425,630 · Granted Oct 2, 2007
Base term plus 722 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Aug 29, 2023
2001 2026
Clock starts
Sep 6, 2001
Term ended
Aug 29, 2023
Granted
Oct 2, 2007
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
722
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.

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 Sep 6, 2001, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Apr 30, 2003); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Sep 6, 2021High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+722 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 29, 2023High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 29, 2023From the USPTO record

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