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Mobile Terminal, Server, and Method for Establishing Communication Channel Using Augmented Reality (AR)

US 8,874,673 Grace period ended
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Term ends Sep 26, 2032 · Low confidence

Grace period ended Oct 28, 2026 · no payment on record as of the Nov 10, 2026 fee file · lapse expected

Held by Mec Resources LLC
Filed Feb 29, 2012 as application 13/408,736 · Granted Oct 28, 2014
Base term plus 210 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Feb 29, 2012
Term ends
Sep 26, 2032
Granted
Oct 28, 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
210
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 29, 2012, when this application, 13/408,736, was filedFeb 28, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+210 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 26, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsThe grace period ended with no payment on record in the fee filegrace period ended Oct 28, 2026Low confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 26, 2032Low confidence

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