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Analytical Chemical Sampling System with Bypass Mode

US 8,092,744 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jan 10, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Professional Technical Services Dba Est Analytical, Inc.
Filed Feb 27, 2008 as application 12/038,096 · Granted Jan 10, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 751 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jan 10, 2024
2008 2030
Clock starts
Feb 27, 2008
No longer in force
Jan 10, 2024
Granted
Jan 10, 2012
Term would have run to
Mar 19, 2030
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
751
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 8,075,842, to Mar 19, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 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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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 27, 2008, when this application, 12/038,096, was filedFeb 27, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+751 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 19, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,075,842)resolves to Mar 19, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jan 10, 2024High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 10, 2024High confidence

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