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Thin Film Piezoelectric Resonator, Thin Film Piezoelectric Device, and Manufacturing Method Thereof

US 7,388,318 Term ended
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Term ended May 25, 2024 · High confidence

Held by Mems Solution Co., Ltd.
Filed Dec 17, 2004 as application 10/518,704 · Granted Jun 17, 2008
Base term plus 340 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended May 25, 2024
2003 2026
Clock starts
Jun 20, 2003
Term ended
May 25, 2024
Granted
Jun 17, 2008
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
340
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 20, 2003, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Dec 17, 2004)Jun 20, 2023High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+340 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 25, 2024High 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 orderMay 25, 2024High confidence

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