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Parallel Processing Computer Systems with Reduced Power Consumption and Methods for Providing the Same

US 8,516,280 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Aug 20, 2017 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Cognitive Electronics, Inc.
Filed Jun 11, 2012 as application 13/493,515 · Granted Aug 20, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Aug 20, 2017
2008 2028
Clock starts
Sep 23, 2008
No longer in force
Aug 20, 2017
Granted
Aug 20, 2013
Term would have run to
Sep 23, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,200,992, to Sep 23, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 filingClock starts Sep 23, 2008, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Jun 11, 2012)Sep 23, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,200,992)resolves to Sep 23, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Aug 20, 2017High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 20, 2017High confidence

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