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Lightweight thermal shield

US 9,784,404 Surrendered on reissue
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Surrendered on reissue Jan 12, 2021 · From the USPTO record

Surrendered on reissue Jan 12, 2021 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE48,394.

Named at grant Interface Performance Materials, Inc. · find this owner
Filed Jan 7, 2016 as application 14/990,566 · Granted Oct 10, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Surrendered Jan 12, 2021
2014 2034
Clock starts
Feb 21, 2014
No longer in force
Jan 12, 2021
Granted
Oct 10, 2017
Term would have run to
Feb 21, 2034
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.
Not on record
Maintenance fees
USPTO's record of this patent carries no fee events. A gap in the record, not evidence of lapse.

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 21, 2014, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Jan 7, 2016)Feb 21, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNo term adjustment record on a grant after 2005, so none is addedno changeMedium confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo fee events in USPTO's record of this patent. A gap in the record, not evidence of lapseno changeMedium confidence
ReissueUS RE48,394 issued Jan 12, 2021, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)surrendered Jan 12, 2021High confidence
Surrendered on reissueThe steps above, in orderJan 12, 2021From the USPTO record

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