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Swimming Pool Cleaning Device

US 7,908,696 Surrendered on reissue
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Surrendered on reissue Jan 19, 2016 · Low confidence

Surrendered on reissue Jan 19, 2016 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE45,852.

No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.
Filed Feb 8, 2006 as application 11/349,836 · Granted Mar 22, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1339 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Surrendered Jan 19, 2016
2006 2029
Clock starts
Feb 8, 2006
No longer in force
Jan 19, 2016
Granted
Mar 22, 2011
Term would have run to
Oct 9, 2029
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
1,339
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.

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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 8, 2006, when this application, 11/349,836, was filedFeb 8, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1339 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 9, 2029High 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 RE45,852 issued Jan 19, 2016, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)surrendered Jan 19, 2016High confidence
Surrendered on reissueThe steps above, in orderJan 19, 2016Low confidence

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