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Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) detector incorporating efficient signal point search and soft information refinement

US 7,720,169 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed May 18, 2014 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.
Filed May 10, 2007 as application 11/746,806 · Granted May 18, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 517 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed May 18, 2014
2007 2028
Clock starts
May 10, 2007
No longer in force
May 18, 2014
Granted
May 18, 2010
Term would have run to
Oct 8, 2028
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
517
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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 May 10, 2007, when this application, 11/746,806, was filedMay 10, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+517 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 8, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed May 18, 2014High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 18, 2014From the USPTO record

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