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Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) Employing a Relational Datastore and a Multi-Dimensional Database (MDDB) for Serving Query Statements from Client Machines

US 8,195,602 Term ended
OverviewSources & methods

Term ended Feb 28, 2020 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Jul 13, 2020.

Held by Mec Management, LLC
Filed Jun 4, 2009 as application 12/455,664 · Granted Jun 5, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Feb 28, 2020
2000 2026
Clock starts
Feb 28, 2000
Term ended
Feb 28, 2020
Granted
Jun 5, 2012
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.

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 filingClock starts Feb 28, 2000, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Jun 4, 2009); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Feb 28, 2020High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
USPTO status recordRecorded as expired for non-payment on Jul 13, 2020, after the term endedno changeHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 28, 2020Medium confidence

Sources

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