Methods, apparatus, and devices for noise reduction

US RE43,707 In force

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Term ends Dec 8, 2027 · From the USPTO record

Computed 20-year base term

Named at grant Barco N.V. · find this owner

Filed Dec 28, 2011 as application 13/338,880 · Granted Oct 2, 2012

Base term plus 929 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Dec 8, 2027

2005 2027

Clock starts
May 23, 2005

Term ends
Dec 8, 2027

Granted
Oct 2, 2012

base term patent term adjustment 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

929

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, which is not on record here. 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 filing	Clock starts May 23, 2005, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Dec 28, 2011)	May 23, 2025	High confidence
Continuity chain	A reissue: its term follows the original patent's, with the original's term adjustment	follows the original patent	Medium confidence
Patent term adjustment	+929 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 none	Dec 8, 2027	Medium confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	None on record	no cap applied	High confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	3 of 3 maintenance fees paid	In force	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Dec 8, 2027	From the USPTO record

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Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built

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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.

Methods, apparatus, and devices for noise reduction

Term ends Dec 8, 2027 · From the USPTO record

20-year base term ended May 23, 2025

How we calculated this date

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