An Electrical Connector for Electrical Connection Between Neighboring Connectors

US 8,062,071 Surrendered on reissue

Overview Sources & methods

Surrendered on reissue Jul 11, 2017 · Low confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Surrendered on reissue Jul 11, 2017 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE46,475.

Held by Fujitsu Component Limited

Filed Mar 15, 2011 as application 13/048,181 · Granted Nov 22, 2011

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

Surrendered Jul 11, 2017

2011 2031

Clock starts
Mar 15, 2011

No longer in force
Jul 11, 2017

Granted
Nov 22, 2011

Term would have run to
Mar 15, 2031

base term 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

None

Term adjustment

No prosecution delay on this record.

None

Terminal disclaimer

No disclaimer on this record.

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Maintenance fees paid

Fees paid on this patent before its reissue. Those after fall due on the reissue, which carries the term on.

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 Mar 15, 2011, when this application, 13/048,181, was filed	Mar 15, 2031	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	None on record	no cap applied	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	No 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 change	Low confidence
Reissue	US RE46,475 issued Jul 11, 2017, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)	surrendered Jul 11, 2017	High confidence
Surrendered on reissue	The steps above, in order	Jul 11, 2017	Low confidence

Sources

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An Electrical Connector for Electrical Connection Between Neighboring Connectors

Surrendered on reissue Jul 11, 2017 · Low confidence

20-year base term ends Mar 15, 2031

How we calculated this date

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