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Matched Filter and Spread Spectrum Receiver

US 7,505,511 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Mar 17, 2021 on the fee record · Low confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Vlsi Solution Oy
Filed Dec 23, 2005 as application 11/317,289 · Granted Mar 17, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 447 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Mar 17, 2021
2000 2026
Clock starts
Oct 13, 2000
No longer in force
Mar 17, 2021
Granted
Mar 17, 2009
Term would have run to
Jan 3, 2022
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
447
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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 Oct 13, 2000, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Dec 23, 2005); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Oct 13, 2020High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+447 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 3, 2022High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Mar 17, 2021High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 17, 2021Low confidence

Sources

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