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Term ended Jan 23, 2019 · From the USPTO record

Named at grant Global 360, Inc. · find this owner
Filed Aug 19, 1998 as application 09/136,244 · Granted Nov 4, 2008
Base term plus 157 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Jan 23, 2019
1998 2026
Clock starts
Aug 19, 1998
Term ended
Jan 23, 2019
Granted
Nov 4, 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
157
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 Aug 19, 1998, when this application, 09/136,244, was filedAug 19, 2018High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+157 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 23, 2019High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 23, 2019From the USPTO record

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