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Method and Appartus for Determining a Valid Sequence of Touch Events on a Touch Sensitive Device

US 8,786,560 In force
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Term ends Jan 26, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Dec 1, 2010 as application 12/957,966 · Granted Jul 22, 2014
Base term plus 421 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2032
Clock starts
Dec 1, 2010
Term ends
Jan 26, 2032
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
base term patent term adjustment 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
421
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 9,619,056, to Jan 26, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
3 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.
6
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This patent's term runs 421 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 1, 2010, when this application, 12/957,966, was filedDec 1, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+421 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 26, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,619,056)resolves to Jan 26, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 26, 2032High confidence

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Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 1, 2010
Reel 25464, frame 550
Khafizov, Farid; Khafizova, MargaritaOpen Invention Network LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

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