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Term ends Jun 6, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Nov 25, 2013 as application 14/088,760 · Granted Oct 5, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Jun 6, 2012
Term ends
Jun 6, 2032
Granted
Oct 5, 2021
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 6, 2012, when application PCT/JP2012/065062, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 25, 2013)Jun 6, 2032High 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 events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 6, 2032High confidence

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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
Dec 5, 2013
Reel 31718, frame 236
Jimba, Manabu; Okino, Ayatomo; Murakami, Katsuya; Nagashima, Toshiaki; Tazawa, FumioCanon Kabushiki KaishaAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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