Ultra-thin Fabric, Devices, and Methods

US 8,911,856 Surrendered on reissue

Surrendered on reissue Apr 10, 2018 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Surrendered on reissue Apr 10, 2018 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE46,779 and US RE48,469 and US RE49,354.

Held by Atex Technologies, Inc.

Filed Dec 20, 2010 as application 12/973,542 · Granted Dec 16, 2014

Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 208 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

Surrendered Apr 10, 2018

2010 2031

Clock starts
Dec 20, 2010

No longer in force
Apr 10, 2018

Granted
Dec 16, 2014

Term would have run to
Jul 16, 2031

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

208

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.

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.

Step	Input	Date after this step	Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filing	Clock starts Dec 20, 2010, when this application, 12/973,542, was filed	Dec 20, 2030	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+208 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Jul 16, 2031	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	3 of 3 maintenance fees paid	no change	High confidence
Reissue	US RE46,779 and US RE48,469 and US RE49,354 issued Apr 10, 2018, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)	surrendered Apr 10, 2018	High confidence
Surrendered on reissue	The steps above, in order	Apr 10, 2018	High confidence

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

Not on this page: the patent's family, its recorded assignments and its citation count. USPTO's assignment records, linked above, list every recorded assignment.

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Ultra-thin Fabric, Devices, and Methods

Surrendered on reissue Apr 10, 2018 · High confidence

20-year base term ends Dec 20, 2030

How we calculated this date

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