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Notification Systems and Methods That Permit Change of Time Information for Delivery and/or Pickup of Goods and/or Services

US 9,019,130 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Apr 28, 2019 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Electronic Communication Technologies LLC
Filed Mar 5, 2014 as application 14/197,801 · Granted Apr 28, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Apr 28, 2019
2003 2026
Clock starts
Nov 12, 2003
No longer in force
Apr 28, 2019
Granted
Apr 28, 2015
Term would have run to
Nov 12, 2023
base term after the term ends 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 Nov 12, 2003, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Mar 5, 2014)Nov 12, 2023High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidlapsed Apr 28, 2019High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 28, 2019High confidence

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