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Method and Apparatus for Determining a Valid Sequence of Touch Events on a Touch Sensitive Device

US 9,817,519 In force
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Term ends Dec 1, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Nov 30, 2016 as application 15/364,570 · Granted Nov 14, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2030
Clock starts
Dec 1, 2010
Term ends
Dec 1, 2030
Granted
Nov 14, 2017
base term fee events 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,786,560, US 9,524,042, to Dec 1, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 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.
6
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 1, 2010, when application 12/957,966, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 30, 2016)Dec 1, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,786,560, US 9,524,042)resolves to Dec 1, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 1, 2030High confidence

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US 8,786,560In force
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US 9,817,519this patent
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Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 24, 2021
Reel 57266, frame 992
Khafizov, Farid; Khafizova, MargaritaOpen Invention Network LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

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