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Sensor Insertion/Recovery Device

US 9,066,696 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jun 30, 2019 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Arkray, Inc.
Filed Aug 30, 2011 as application 13/221,823 · Granted Jun 30, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 804 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jun 30, 2019
2011 2033
Clock starts
Aug 30, 2011
No longer in force
Jun 30, 2019
Granted
Jun 30, 2015
Term would have run to
Nov 11, 2033
base term patent term adjustment 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
804
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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 Aug 30, 2011, when this application, 13/221,823, was filedAug 30, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+804 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 11, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jun 30, 2019High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 30, 2019High confidence

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