System for detecting bone cancer metastases

US 8,855,387 Surrendered on reissue

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Surrendered on reissue Sep 17, 2019 · From the USPTO record

Computed 20-year base term

Surrendered on reissue Sep 17, 2019 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE47,609.

Named at grant EXINI Diagnostics AB · find this owner

Filed Dec 23, 2008 as application 13/639,747 · Granted Oct 7, 2014

Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1137 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

Surrendered Sep 17, 2019

2008 2032

Clock starts
Dec 23, 2008

No longer in force
Sep 17, 2019

Granted
Oct 7, 2014

Term would have run to
Feb 3, 2032

base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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

1,137

Days of term adjustment

Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.

None

Terminal disclaimer

No disclaimer on this record.

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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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Step	Input	Date after this step	Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filing	Clock starts Dec 23, 2008, when this application, 13/639,747, was filed	Dec 23, 2028	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+1137 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Feb 3, 2032	High confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	None on record	no cap applied	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds	no change	Medium confidence
Reissue	US RE47,609 issued Sep 17, 2019, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)	surrendered Sep 17, 2019	High confidence
Surrendered on reissue	The steps above, in order	Sep 17, 2019	From the USPTO record

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System for detecting bone cancer metastases

Surrendered on reissue Sep 17, 2019 · From the USPTO record

20-year base term ends Dec 23, 2028

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