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Electrical Terminal Having Tactile Feedback Tip and Electrical Connector for Use Therewith

US 7,670,196 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Mar 2, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Jan 25, 2008 as application 12/020,383 · Granted Mar 2, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Mar 2, 2022
2006 2026
Clock starts
Aug 2, 2006
No longer in force
Mar 2, 2022
Granted
Mar 2, 2010
Term would have run to
Aug 2, 2026
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.
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.
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Its term would have run to Aug 2, 2026: 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 Aug 2, 2006, when application 11/462,012, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 25, 2008)Aug 2, 2026High 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 events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Mar 2, 2022High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 2, 2022High confidence

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US 7,413,484Lapsed on the fee record
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US 7,549,897Term ended
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US 8,142,236In force
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US 7,670,196this patent
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US 7,753,742Lapsed on the fee record
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US 8,727,814Lapsed on the fee record
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US 7,789,716Lapsed on the fee record
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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
Jan 28, 2008
Reel 20428, frame 106
Fedder, James L.; Taylor, Attalee S.; Trout, David A.Tyco Electronics CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 12, 2017
Reel 41350, frame 85
Tyco Electronics CorporationTE Connectivity CorporationChange of Name
Jun 7, 2021
Reel 56514, frame 48
TE Connectivity CorporationTE Connectivity Services GmbHAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 7, 2021
Reel 56514, frame 15
TE Connectivity Services GmbHTE Connectivity Services GmbHChange of Address
Apr 28, 2022
Reel 60885, frame 482
TE Connectivity Services GmbHTE Connectivity Solutions GmbHMerger

Sources

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