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Tools for Railway Traffic Control

US 9,403,545 Surrendered on reissue
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Surrendered on reissue Feb 4, 2020 · High confidence

Surrendered on reissue Feb 4, 2020 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE47,835 and US RE49,115 and US RE51,084.

Held by Railware, Inc.
Filed Oct 21, 2014 as application 14/519,727 · Granted Aug 2, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 64 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Surrendered Feb 4, 2020
2014 2034
Clock starts
Oct 21, 2014
No longer in force
Feb 4, 2020
Granted
Aug 2, 2016
Term would have run to
Dec 24, 2034
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
64
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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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 filingClock starts Oct 21, 2014, when this application, 14/519,727, was filedOct 21, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+64 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 24, 2034High 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 RE47,835 and US RE49,115 and US RE51,084 issued Feb 4, 2020, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)surrendered Feb 4, 2020High confidence
Surrendered on reissueThe steps above, in orderFeb 4, 2020High confidence

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