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Electrical instrument platform for mounting on and removal from an energized high voltage power conductor

US 7,733,094 Surrendered on reissue
OverviewSources & methods

Surrendered on reissue Jun 4, 2013 · From the USPTO record

Surrendered on reissue Jun 4, 2013 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE44,256.

Named at grant Underground Systems, Inc. · find this owner
Filed Oct 31, 2005 as application 11/666,002 · Granted Jun 8, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 153 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Surrendered Jun 4, 2013
2005 2026
Clock starts
Oct 31, 2005
No longer in force
Jun 4, 2013
Granted
Jun 8, 2010
Term would have run to
Apr 2, 2026
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
153
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
Not on record
Maintenance fees
USPTO's record of this patent carries no fee events. A gap in the record, not evidence of lapse.

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 31, 2005, when this application, 11/666,002, was filedOct 31, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+153 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 2, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo fee events in USPTO's record of this patent. A gap in the record, not evidence of lapseno changeMedium confidence
ReissueUS RE44,256 issued Jun 4, 2013, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)surrendered Jun 4, 2013High confidence
Surrendered on reissueThe steps above, in orderJun 4, 2013From the USPTO record

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