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Systems and method for secure wireless payment transactions

US 7,657,489 Surrendered on reissue
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Surrendered on reissue Dec 24, 2013 · From the USPTO record

Surrendered on reissue Dec 24, 2013 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE44,669.

Named at grant Mocapay, Inc. · find this owner
Filed Jan 18, 2007 as application 11/624,620 · Granted Feb 2, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 220 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Surrendered Dec 24, 2013
2007 2027
Clock starts
Jan 18, 2007
No longer in force
Dec 24, 2013
Granted
Feb 2, 2010
Term would have run to
Aug 26, 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
220
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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 Jan 18, 2007, when this application, 11/624,620, was filedJan 18, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+220 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 26, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidno changeHigh confidence
ReissueUS RE44,669 issued Dec 24, 2013, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)surrendered Dec 24, 2013High confidence
Surrendered on reissueThe steps above, in orderDec 24, 2013From the USPTO record

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