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Vacuum Sewer System

US 7,770,241 Surrendered on reissue
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Surrendered on reissue Sep 29, 2015 · Low confidence

Surrendered on reissue Sep 29, 2015 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE45,688.

Held by Evac Oy
Filed Feb 9, 2007 as application 11/704,845 · Granted Aug 10, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 301 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Surrendered Sep 29, 2015
2007 2027
Clock starts
Feb 9, 2007
No longer in force
Sep 29, 2015
Granted
Aug 10, 2010
Term would have run to
Dec 7, 2027
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
301
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.

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 Feb 9, 2007, when this application, 11/704,845, was filedFeb 9, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+301 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 7, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds; the fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case"no changeLow confidence
ReissueUS RE45,688 issued Sep 29, 2015, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)surrendered Sep 29, 2015High confidence
Surrendered on reissueThe steps above, in orderSep 29, 2015Low confidence

Sources

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