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Miniaturized Imaging Device with Integrated Circuit Connector System

US 7,591,780 Term ended
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Term ended Mar 17, 2023 · High confidence

Held by Sarcos LC
Filed Mar 17, 2003 as application 10/391,513 · Granted Sep 22, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Mar 17, 2023
2003 2026
Clock starts
Mar 17, 2003
Term ended
Mar 17, 2023
Granted
Sep 22, 2009
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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 grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
8
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record

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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 17, 2003, when this application, 10/391,513, was filedMar 17, 2023High 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 events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 17, 2023High confidence

This family

Application 10/391,489Abandoned
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US 7,591,780this patent
Mar 2023
Mar 2023
US 7,787,939In force
Nov 2026
Nov 2026
US 7,166,537Term ended
Mar 2023
Mar 2023
Application 11/292,902Abandoned
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Application PCT/US2005/043944PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 7,629,659Term ended
Mar 2023
Mar 2023
US 8,614,768Term ended
Feb 2024
Feb 2024
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

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
Jun 3, 2003
Reel 14135, frame 382
Jacobsen, Stephen C.; Markus, David T.; Marceau, David P.; Pensel, Ralph W.Sarcos Investments LCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 6, 2007
Reel 20064, frame 958
Sarcos Investments LCSarcos, LcAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 16, 2008
Reel 20373, frame 673
Sarcos LCSterling LCChange of Name
Oct 10, 2013
Reel 31381, frame 449
Sterling LCRaytheon CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 3, 2015
Reel 34622, frame 789
Raytheon CompanySarcos LCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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