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System for Motion Control, Method of Using the System for Motion Control, and Computer Readable Instructions for Use with the System for Motion Control

US 7,406,354 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jul 29, 2020 on the fee record · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Motion Engineering, Inc.
Filed Aug 10, 2006 as application 11/501,736 · Granted Jul 29, 2008
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jul 29, 2020
2001 2026
Clock starts
Feb 9, 2001
No longer in force
Jul 29, 2020
Granted
Jul 29, 2008
Term would have run to
Feb 9, 2021
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.

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 filingClock starts Feb 9, 2001, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Aug 10, 2006); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Feb 9, 2021High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jul 29, 2020High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 29, 2020Medium confidence

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