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Microphone array system

US 8,861,756 Surrendered on reissue
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Surrendered on reissue Sep 18, 2018 · From the USPTO record

Surrendered on reissue Sep 18, 2018 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE47,049 and US RE48,371.

Named at grant LI Creative Technologies, Inc. · find this owner
Filed Mar 16, 2011 as application 13/049,877 · Granted Oct 14, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 794 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Surrendered Sep 18, 2018
2011 2033
Clock starts
Mar 16, 2011
No longer in force
Sep 18, 2018
Granted
Oct 14, 2014
Term would have run to
May 18, 2033
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
794
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 16, 2011, when this application, 13/049,877, was filedMar 16, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+794 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 18, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidno changeHigh confidence
ReissueUS RE47,049 and US RE48,371 issued Sep 18, 2018, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)surrendered Sep 18, 2018High confidence
Surrendered on reissueThe steps above, in orderSep 18, 2018From the USPTO record

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