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System and method of identifying networked device for establishing a P2P connection

US 9,787,498 Surrendered on reissue
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Surrendered on reissue Feb 4, 2020 · From the USPTO record

Surrendered on reissue Feb 4, 2020 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE47,842.

Named at grant Throughtek Co., Ltd. · find this owner
Filed Jul 25, 2013 as application 13/950,281 · Granted Oct 10, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 760 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Surrendered Feb 4, 2020
2013 2035
Clock starts
Jul 25, 2013
No longer in force
Feb 4, 2020
Granted
Oct 10, 2017
Term would have run to
Aug 24, 2035
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
760
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
Fees paid on this patent before its reissue. Those after fall due on the reissue, which carries the term on.

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 25, 2013, when this application, 13/950,281, was filedJul 25, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+760 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 24, 2035High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidno changeHigh confidence
ReissueUS RE47,842 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, 2020From the USPTO record

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