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System and Method for Scalable Video Coding Using Telescopic Mode Flags

US 8,396,134 Surrendered on reissue
OverviewSources & methods

Surrendered on reissue Jun 10, 2014 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds.

Surrendered on reissue Jun 10, 2014 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE44,939.

Named at grant Vidyo, Inc. · find this owner
Filed Nov 19, 2009 as application 12/622,074 · Granted Mar 12, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 484 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Surrendered Jun 10, 2014
2007 2029
Clock starts
Oct 23, 2007
No longer in force
Jun 10, 2014
Granted
Mar 12, 2013
Term would have run to
Feb 18, 2029
base term patent term adjustment 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
484
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
Not on record
Maintenance fees
USPTO's record of this patent carries no fee events. A gap in the record, not evidence of lapse.

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.
Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 23, 2007, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Nov 19, 2009)Oct 23, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+484 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 18, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo fee events in USPTO's record of this patent. A gap in the record, not evidence of lapseno changeMedium confidence
ReissueUS RE44,939 issued Jun 10, 2014, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)surrendered Jun 10, 2014High confidence
Surrendered on reissueThe steps above, in orderJun 10, 2014Medium confidence

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