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Carrier Tracking Circuit and Method Including Dual Numerically Controlled Oscillators and Feedforward Phase Correction Coefficient

US 7,324,612 Surrendered on reissue
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Surrendered on reissue Jan 24, 2012 · Low confidence

Surrendered on reissue Jan 24, 2012 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE43,131.

Held by Integral Wireless Technologies LLC
Filed Feb 23, 2004 as application 10/785,622 · Granted Jan 29, 2008
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 732 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Surrendered Jan 24, 2012
2004 2026
Clock starts
Feb 23, 2004
No longer in force
Jan 24, 2012
Granted
Jan 29, 2008
Term would have run to
Feb 24, 2026
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
732
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 23, 2004, when this application, 10/785,622, was filedFeb 23, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+732 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 24, 2026High 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 RE43,131 issued Jan 24, 2012, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)surrendered Jan 24, 2012High confidence
Surrendered on reissueThe steps above, in orderJan 24, 2012Low confidence

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