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Tooth Preparation Guide Device and Method of Preparing Tooth for Dental Prosthesis

US 8,651,860 Surrendered on reissue
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Surrendered on reissue May 1, 2018 · High confidence

Surrendered on reissue May 1, 2018 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE46,813 and US RE48,318 and US RE49,487 and US RE51,102.

Held by Winverts, Inc.
Filed May 3, 2013 as application 13/883,565 · Granted Feb 18, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Surrendered May 1, 2018
2011 2031
Clock starts
Nov 17, 2011
No longer in force
May 1, 2018
Granted
Feb 18, 2014
Term would have run to
Nov 17, 2031
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 3
Maintenance fees paid
Fees paid on this patent before its reissue. Those after fall due on the reissue, which carries the term on.

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 17, 2011, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed May 3, 2013)Nov 17, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidno changeHigh confidence
ReissueUS RE46,813 and US RE48,318 and US RE49,487 and US RE51,102 issued May 1, 2018, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)surrendered May 1, 2018High confidence
Surrendered on reissueThe steps above, in orderMay 1, 2018High confidence

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