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		lbatx on Jan 2, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Patent: Electronic flashcards (2013) There seems to be a weird bug on the Google Patents site. I've noticed that the expiration date of a patent is always the day I visit the site, even for patents I know expired a while ago. This may be something like that.

Geimfari on Jan 2, 2020 [–]

It's not wrong but it is confusing – it's showing you what its current status is, which should be shown somewhere else than in the timeline.

lbatx on Jan 6, 2020 | [–]

Ah, thanks. As in Expired (date). Where date is every day from the day it expires until forever. Not Expired on date, but currently expired. Makes sense now.

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