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Method for Executing a 32-BIT Flat Address Program During a System Management Mode Interrupt

US 7,930,524 Term ended
OverviewSources & methods

Term ended May 30, 2022 · High confidence

Held by Insyde Software Corp.
Filed Oct 7, 2008 as application 12/247,158 · Granted Apr 19, 2011
Base term plus 289 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended May 30, 2022
2001 2026
Clock starts
Aug 14, 2001
Term ended
May 30, 2022
Granted
Apr 19, 2011
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
289
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,444,500, to May 30, 2022. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. 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 Aug 14, 2001, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Oct 7, 2008)Aug 14, 2021High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+289 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 30, 2022High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,444,500)resolves to May 30, 2022, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 30, 2022High confidence

Sources

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