Device for measuring package size

US 7,373,722 Surrendered on reissue

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Surrendered on reissue May 28, 2013 · From the USPTO record

Computed 20-year base term

Surrendered on reissue May 28, 2013 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE44,238.

Named at grant Global Sensor Systems Inc. · find this owner

Filed May 12, 2006 as application 11/433,096 · Granted May 20, 2008

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

Surrendered May 28, 2013

2006 2026

Clock starts
May 12, 2006

No longer in force
May 28, 2013

Granted
May 20, 2008

Term would have run to
May 12, 2026

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.

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Maintenance fees paid

Fees paid on this patent before its reissue. Those after fall due on the reissue, which carries the term on.

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 filing	Clock starts May 12, 2006, when this application, 11/433,096, was filed	May 12, 2026	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	No term adjustment record on a grant after 2005, so none is added	no change	Medium confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	None on record	no cap applied	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds	no change	Medium confidence
Reissue	US RE44,238 issued May 28, 2013, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)	surrendered May 28, 2013	High confidence
Surrendered on reissue	The steps above, in order	May 28, 2013	From the USPTO record

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Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built

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Device for measuring package size

Surrendered on reissue May 28, 2013 · From the USPTO record

20-year base term ended May 12, 2026

How we calculated this date

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