Loop Material for Loop and Hook Type Fastener Used in a Disposable Article or Garment

US 7,960,008 Surrendered on reissue

Overview Sources & methods

Surrendered on reissue Apr 15, 2014 · Low confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Surrendered on reissue Apr 15, 2014 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE44,842 and US RE45,946.

Named at grant Aplix · find this owner

Filed Jul 28, 2010 as application 12/844,871 · Granted Jun 14, 2011

Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer

Today

Surrendered Apr 15, 2014

2010 2030

Clock starts
Jul 28, 2010

No longer in force
Apr 15, 2014

Granted
Jun 14, 2011

Term would have run to
Aug 5, 2028

base term after the term ends 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

None

Term adjustment

No prosecution delay on this record.

Capped

Terminal disclaimer

Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,790,264.

Not on record

Maintenance fees

USPTO's record of this patent carries no fee events. A gap in the record, not evidence of lapse.

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 Jul 28, 2010, when this application, 12/844,871, was filed	Jul 28, 2030	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	None on file	no change	High confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,790,264)	capped to Aug 5, 2028	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	No fee events in USPTO's record of this patent. A gap in the record, not evidence of lapse	no change	Medium confidence
Reissue	US RE44,842 and US RE45,946 issued Apr 15, 2014, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)	surrendered Apr 15, 2014	High confidence
Further caveats on record	surrendered on reissue RE44842,RE45946	Low confidence overall	Low confidence
Surrendered on reissue	The steps above, in order	Apr 15, 2014	Low 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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Loop Material for Loop and Hook Type Fastener Used in a Disposable Article or Garment

Surrendered on reissue Apr 15, 2014 · Low confidence

20-year base term ends Jul 28, 2030

How we calculated this date

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