Lithography System, Sensor and Measuring Method

US 7,868,300 Surrendered on reissue

Surrendered on reissue Oct 28, 2014 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Surrendered on reissue Oct 28, 2014 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE45,206 and US RE48,046 and US RE49,602.

Held by ASML Netherlands B.V.

Filed Sep 14, 2006 as application 11/521,705 · Granted Jan 11, 2011

Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 364 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

Surrendered Oct 28, 2014

2006 2027

Clock starts
Sep 14, 2006

No longer in force
Oct 28, 2014

Granted
Jan 11, 2011

Term would have run to
Sep 13, 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

364

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 filing	Clock starts Sep 14, 2006, when this application, 11/521,705, was filed	Sep 14, 2026	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+364 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Sep 13, 2027	High confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	None on record	no cap applied	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	3 of 3 maintenance fees paid	no change	High confidence
Reissue	US RE45,206 and US RE48,046 and US RE49,602 issued Oct 28, 2014, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)	surrendered Oct 28, 2014	High confidence
Surrendered on reissue	The steps above, in order	Oct 28, 2014	High confidence

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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Not on this page: the patent's family, its recorded assignments and its citation count. USPTO's assignment records, linked above, list every recorded assignment.

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Lithography System, Sensor and Measuring Method

Surrendered on reissue Oct 28, 2014 · High confidence

20-year base term ended Sep 14, 2026

How we calculated this date

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