Method for integrating device-objects into an object-based management system, or configuration system, for field devices in automation technology, which stores updated device objects, activates a program for accessing the stored date and starting a dialog for invoking a selected number of updated device-objects

US 7,941,581 In force

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Term ends May 17, 2029 · From the USPTO record

Computed 20-year base term

Named at grant Codewrghts GmbH · find this owner

Filed Dec 4, 2008 as application 12/314,103 · Granted May 10, 2011

Base term plus 164 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends May 17, 2029

2008 2029

Clock starts
Dec 4, 2008

Term ends
May 17, 2029

Granted
May 10, 2011

base term patent term adjustment 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

164

Days of term adjustment

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None

Terminal disclaimer

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3 of 3

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Step	Input	Date after this step	Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filing	Clock starts Dec 4, 2008, when this application, 12/314,103, was filed	Dec 4, 2028	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+164 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	May 17, 2029	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	In force	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	May 17, 2029	From the USPTO record

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Term ends May 17, 2029 · From the USPTO record

20-year base term ends Dec 4, 2028

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