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US RE41,186 Lapsed on the fee recordLapsed Sep 10, 2014 on the fee record · Low confidence
20-year base term ended May 28, 2019
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended. The USPTO has not yet posted the lapse.
Reissue of US 6,449,721, which was surrendered when this reissue was granted; its term and maintenance fees continue here.
May 28, 1999
Sep 10, 2014
Mar 30, 2010
May 28, 2019
How we calculated this date
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 28, 1999, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Sep 9, 2004); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | May 28, 2019 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A reissue: its term follows the original patent's, with the original's term adjustment; a parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Low confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | No term adjustment record on a grant after 2005, so none is added | no change | Medium confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 6,339,825, US 6,449,721) | resolves to May 28, 2019, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds; the fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case" | lapsed Sep 10, 2014 | Low confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 10, 2014 | Low confidence |
Sources
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