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System and method for a remote access service enabling trust and interoperability when retrieving certificate status from multiple certification authority reporting components

US 7,743,248 Term ended
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Term ended Jan 6, 2017 · From the USPTO record

Named at grant Eoriginal, Inc. · find this owner
Filed Jul 16, 2003 as application 10/620,817 · Granted Jun 22, 2010
Base term plus 720 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Jan 6, 2017
1995 2026
Clock starts
Jan 17, 1995
Term ended
Jan 6, 2017
Granted
Jun 22, 2010
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends fee events 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
720
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 Jan 17, 1995, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Jul 16, 2003); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jan 17, 2015High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+720 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 6, 2017High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 6, 2017From the USPTO record

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