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US 9,973,493 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed May 15, 2022 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Named at grant Linctronix Ltd. · find this owner
Filed Aug 22, 2016 as application 15/243,946 · Granted May 15, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 152 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed May 15, 2022
2016 2037
Clock starts
Aug 22, 2016
No longer in force
May 15, 2022
Granted
May 15, 2018
Term would have run to
Jan 21, 2037
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
152
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
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.

How we calculated this date

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 Aug 22, 2016, when this application, 15/243,946, was filedAug 22, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+152 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 21, 2037High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed May 15, 2022High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 15, 2022From the USPTO record

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