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System Using Multi-Layer Wire Structure for High Efficiency Wireless Communication

US 8,860,545 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Oct 14, 2026 on the fee record · Low confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended. The USPTO has not yet posted the lapse.

Filed Sep 15, 2011 as application 13/233,663 · Granted Oct 14, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 389 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Oct 14, 2026
2011 2032
Clock starts
Sep 15, 2011
No longer in force
Oct 14, 2026
Granted
Oct 14, 2014
Term would have run to
Oct 8, 2032
base term patent term adjustment 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
389
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
2 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.

Its term would have run to Oct 8, 2032: its 20-year base term plus 389 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. Confidence: Low. from the record

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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 15, 2011, when this application, 13/233,663, was filedSep 15, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+389 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 8, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds; the fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case"lapsed Oct 14, 2026Low confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 14, 2026Low confidence

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
Nov 29, 2011
Reel 27289, frame 189
Singh, Vinit; Frysz, Christine A.Nucurrent, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 11, 2015
Reel 35143, frame 182
Nucurrent, Inc.Nucurrent, Inc.Merger

Sources

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