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Method for Forming Partitions of Plasma Display Panel by Using Sandblasting Processing

US RE44,445 Lapsed (fee unpaid)
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Lapsed Mar 10, 2017 · Low confidence

Recorded as expired for non-payment on Mar 10, 2017 · the fee record holds no event that dates the missed window.

Reissue of US 6,855,026, which was surrendered when this reissue was granted; its term and maintenance fees continue here.

Held by Maxell, Ltd.
Filed May 27, 2011 as application 13/117,892 · Granted Aug 20, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Mar 10, 2017
2002 2026
Clock starts
Apr 2, 2002
No longer in force
Mar 10, 2017
Granted
Aug 20, 2013
Term would have run to
Apr 2, 2022
base term after the term ends 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
0 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 (Feb 15, 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 Apr 2, 2002, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed May 27, 2011); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Apr 2, 2022High 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 adjustmentNo term adjustment record on a grant after 2005, so none is addedno changeMedium 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 eventsThe reissue's fees post to its original, whose fee record is not available (likely before 2001)no event dates the lapseMedium confidence
USPTO status recordRecorded as expired for non-payment on Mar 10, 2017lapsed Mar 10, 2017Medium confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 10, 2017Low confidence

Sources

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