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System for Avoidance of Collision Between an Aircraft and an Obstacle

US RE41,153 Term ended
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Term ended Nov 24, 2024 · Low confidence

Reissue of US 7,136,011, which was surrendered when this reissue was granted; its term and maintenance fees continue here.

Held by Vestas Wind Systems A/S
Filed Feb 15, 2008 as application 12/031,908 · Granted Mar 2, 2010
Base term plus 173 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Nov 24, 2024
2004 2026
Clock starts
Jun 4, 2004
Term ended
Nov 24, 2024
Granted
Mar 2, 2010
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
173
Days of term adjustment
Read from the original patent's USPTO patent term adjustment record, which governs a reissue. Not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from the original patent's grant (Nov 14, 2006). This counts the ones the record shows paid.

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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 Jun 4, 2004, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Feb 15, 2008)Jun 4, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainA reissue: its term follows the original patent's, with the original's term adjustmentfollows the original patentMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+173 days, the original patent's USPTO patent term adjustment record, which governs a reissue (35 U.S.C. 251). This reissue's own record carries noneNov 24, 2024Medium confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holdsterm endedMedium confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 24, 2024Low confidence

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