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System and method for projecting a video image with a temporal LED combiner

US 7,281,806 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Oct 16, 2019 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Named at grant Tte Technology, Inc. · find this owner
Filed Jun 8, 2005 as application 11/149,051 · Granted Oct 16, 2007
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 331 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Oct 16, 2019
2005 2026
Clock starts
Jun 8, 2005
No longer in force
Oct 16, 2019
Granted
Oct 16, 2007
Term would have run to
May 5, 2026
base term patent term adjustment 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
331
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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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 8, 2005, when this application, 11/149,051, was filedJun 8, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+331 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 5, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Oct 16, 2019High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 16, 2019From the USPTO record

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