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Mechanism and Method for Specified Temporal Deployment of Rules Within a Rule Server

US RE43,474 Term ended
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Term ended Jul 30, 2022 · Low confidence

Reissue of US 6,944,604, which was surrendered when this reissue was granted; its term and maintenance fees continue here.

Held by Fair Isaac Corporation
Filed Sep 12, 2007 as application 11/854,404 · Granted Jun 12, 2012
Base term plus 392 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Jul 30, 2022
2001 2026
Clock starts
Jul 3, 2001
Term ended
Jul 30, 2022
Granted
Jun 12, 2012
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends fee events Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
392
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.
3 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 (Sep 13, 2005). 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 Jul 3, 2001, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Sep 12, 2007)Jul 3, 2021High confidence
Continuity chainA reissue: its term follows the original patent's, with the original's term adjustmentfollows the original patentMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+392 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 noneJul 30, 2022Medium confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 30, 2022Low confidence

Sources

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