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Hysteretic MEMS Two-Dimensional Thermal Device and Method of Manufacture

US 7,626,311 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Dec 1, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Feb 14, 2007 as application 11/705,738 · Granted Dec 1, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 431 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Dec 1, 2021
2006 2027
Clock starts
Jan 19, 2006
No longer in force
Dec 1, 2021
Granted
Dec 1, 2009
Term would have run to
Mar 26, 2027
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
431
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
4
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Mar 26, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 431 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jan 19, 2006, when application 11/334,438, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 14, 2007)Jan 19, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+431 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 26, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Dec 1, 2021High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 1, 2021High confidence

This family

US 7,548,145In force
Aug 2027
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US 7,626,311this patent
Dec 2021
Dec 2021
US 7,944,113In force
Dec 2026
Dec 2026
US 8,245,391Lapsed on the fee record
Aug 2024
Aug 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
Feb 14, 2007
Reel 18953, frame 527
Rubel, Paul J.Innovative Micro TechnologyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 30, 2017
Reel 44553, frame 257
Innovative Micro Technology, Inc.Pacific Western BankSecurity Interest
Nov 30, 2017
Reel 44635, frame 492
Innovative Micro Technology, Inc.Agility Capital II, LLCSecurity Interest
Oct 15, 2018
Reel 47237, frame 141
Agility Capital II, LLCInnovative Micro Technology, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 30, 2019
Reel 48195, frame 441
Pacific Western BankInnovative Micro Technology, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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