Reigniting flame in volatile organic compound device

US 8,034,290 Lapsed on the fee record

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Lapsed Oct 11, 2015 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

Computed 20-year base term

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Named at grant LDARtools, Inc. · find this owner

Filed Jan 29, 2007 as application 11/668,367 · Granted Oct 11, 2011

Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 819 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

Lapsed Oct 11, 2015

2007 2029

Clock starts
Jan 29, 2007

No longer in force
Oct 11, 2015

Granted
Oct 11, 2011

Term would have run to
Apr 27, 2029

base term patent term adjustment 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

819

Days of term adjustment

Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.

None

Terminal disclaimer

No disclaimer on this record.

0 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.

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Step	Input	Date after this step	Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filing	Clock starts Jan 29, 2007, when this application, 11/668,367, was filed	Jan 29, 2027	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+819 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Apr 27, 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	0 of 3 maintenance fees paid	lapsed Oct 11, 2015	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Oct 11, 2015	From the USPTO record

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Reigniting flame in volatile organic compound device

Lapsed Oct 11, 2015 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

20-year base term ends Jan 29, 2027

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