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Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) spread-spectrum system and method

US RE43,812 Term ended
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Term ended no later than May 30, 2019 · From the USPTO record

Reissue of US 07,068,705, which was surrendered when this reissue was granted; its term and maintenance fees continue here.

Named at grant Linex Technologies, Inc. · find this owner
Filed Mar 9, 2011 as application 13/044,110 · Granted Nov 20, 2012
Base term plus 187 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Ended no later than May 30, 2019
1998 2026
Clock starts
Nov 24, 1998
Ended no later than
May 30, 2019
Granted
Nov 20, 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
187
Days of term adjustment
Read from the original patent's USPTO patent term adjustment record, which governs a reissue. Not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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 (Jun 27, 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 Nov 24, 1998, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Mar 9, 2011); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Nov 24, 2018High confidence
Continuity chainA reissue: its term follows the original patent's, with the original's term adjustment; a parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimLow confidence
Patent term adjustment+187 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 noneMay 30, 2019Medium confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than May 30, 2019From the USPTO record

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