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Method and apparatus for integrating a surface acoustic wave filter and a transceiver

US 7,460,851 Surrendered on reissue
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Surrendered on reissue Sep 5, 2017 · From the USPTO record

Surrendered on reissue Sep 5, 2017 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE46,540.

Named at grant RichWave Technology Corp. · find this owner
Filed Nov 9, 2005 as application 11/269,729 · Granted Dec 2, 2008
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 560 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Surrendered Sep 5, 2017
2005 2027
Clock starts
Nov 9, 2005
No longer in force
Sep 5, 2017
Granted
Dec 2, 2008
Term would have run to
May 23, 2027
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
560
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 3
Maintenance fees paid
Fees paid on this patent before its reissue. Those after fall due on the reissue, which carries the term on.

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 9, 2005, when this application, 11/269,729, was filedNov 9, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+560 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 23, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holdsno changeMedium confidence
ReissueUS RE46,540 issued Sep 5, 2017, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)surrendered Sep 5, 2017High confidence
Surrendered on reissueThe steps above, in orderSep 5, 2017From the USPTO record

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