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Vehicle Control System Including Related Methods and Components

US 7,343,232 Term ended
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Term ended Aug 6, 2026 · High confidence

Held by Aervara Technologies, LLC
Filed Jun 18, 2004 as application 10/871,612 · Granted Mar 11, 2008
Base term plus 779 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Aug 6, 2026
2004 2026
Clock starts
Jun 18, 2004
Term ended
Aug 6, 2026
Granted
Mar 11, 2008
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
779
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.

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 18, 2004, when this application, 10/871,612, was filedJun 18, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+779 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 6, 2026High 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 6, 2026High confidence

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