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Micromechanically Aligned Optical Assembly

US 10,054,748 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Aug 21, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Jun 30, 2017 as application 15/640,075 · Granted Aug 21, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
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Lapsed Aug 21, 2022
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Clock starts
Feb 1, 2010
No longer in force
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Term would have run to
Feb 1, 2030
base term after the term ends 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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Its term would have run to Feb 1, 2030: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 1, 2010, when application 12/698,086, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 30, 2017)Feb 1, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidlapsed Aug 21, 2022High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 21, 2022High confidence

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US 8,346,037Lapsed on the fee record
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US 9,726,836In force
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US 10,054,748this patent
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Application 16/046,720Abandoned
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Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jul 6, 2017
Reel 42927, frame 122
Pezeshki, Bardia; Heanue, JohnKaiam Corp.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 18, 2019
Reel 49506, frame 974
Kaiam Corp.Kaiam (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 18, 2019
Reel 49507, frame 19
Kaiam (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLCT&S Communications Co. Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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