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Press-fit power connector

US 7,465,198 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Dec 16, 2016 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Named at grant Nextronics Engineering Corp. · find this owner
Filed Mar 22, 2007 as application 11/723,782 · Granted Dec 16, 2008
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Dec 16, 2016
2007 2027
Clock starts
Mar 22, 2007
No longer in force
Dec 16, 2016
Granted
Dec 16, 2008
Term would have run to
Mar 22, 2027
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.
1 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 Mar 22, 2007, when this application, 11/723,782, was filedMar 22, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNo term adjustment record on a grant after 2005, so none is addedno changeMedium confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Dec 16, 2016High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 16, 2016From the USPTO record

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