Cascaded Connection Matrices in a Distributed Cross-Connection System

US 7,602,777 Surrendered on reissue

Surrendered on reissue Nov 18, 2014 · Medium confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Why Medium: No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds.

Surrendered on reissue Nov 18, 2014 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE45,248 and US RE47,959 and US RE50,784.

Held by Micron Technology, Inc.

Filed Dec 17, 2004 as application 11/016,197 · Granted Oct 13, 2009

Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 827 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

Surrendered Nov 18, 2014

2004 2027

Clock starts
Dec 17, 2004

No longer in force
Nov 18, 2014

Granted
Oct 13, 2009

Term would have run to
Mar 24, 2027

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

827

Days of term adjustment

Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.

None

Terminal disclaimer

No disclaimer on this record.

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Maintenance fees paid

Fees paid on this patent before its reissue. Those after fall due on the reissue, which carries the term on.

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 filing	Clock starts Dec 17, 2004, when this application, 11/016,197, was filed	Dec 17, 2024	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+827 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Mar 24, 2027	High confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	None on record	no cap applied	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds	no change	Medium confidence
Reissue	US RE45,248 and US RE47,959 and US RE50,784 issued Nov 18, 2014, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)	surrendered Nov 18, 2014	High confidence
Surrendered on reissue	The steps above, in order	Nov 18, 2014	Medium confidence

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Cascaded Connection Matrices in a Distributed Cross-Connection System

Surrendered on reissue Nov 18, 2014 · Medium confidence

20-year base term ended Dec 17, 2024

How we calculated this date

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