Display method and system for enabling an operator to visualize and correct alignment errors in imaged data sets
US 9,730,776 Lapsed on the fee recordLapsed Aug 15, 2025 on the fee record · From the USPTO record
20-year base term ends Feb 21, 2031
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Feb 21, 2011
Aug 15, 2025
Aug 15, 2017
Jan 5, 2032
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| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 21, 2011, when this application, 13/031,282, was filed | Feb 21, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +318 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 5, 2032 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 15, 2025 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 15, 2025 | From the USPTO record |
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