The record carries a change of name from this company to Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., 1,102 recordings between Feb 21, 2007 and Sep 12, 2023. This page keeps the records filed under this name.
13 patents currently held
422 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
6 more records may belong here and await a decision; they are not counted.
The next term ends in Dec 2026. from the record
Of the 422 now held by other companies, 112 are held via Nokia Technologies Oy, and 310 more name another party. Each row says which.
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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
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Ending by 2030
Dec 2026
Next term end
13
Patent families
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents
all others
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
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size.
Notable patents
Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Ends Dec 2026 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends May 2034 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Dec 2033 · High confidence
Grounding Device with Plastic Housing
US 7,414,198
The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 55 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2008 in our data. Protection runs to 2026.
Methods And Systems For Calibrating LTE Antenna Systems
US 9,300,408
Granted 2016 and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2034.
A Phase Shifting Circuit Including an Elongated Conductive Path Covered by a Metal Sheet Having Stand-Off Feet and Also Including a Slidable Tuning Member
US 9,325,043
Granted 2016 and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2033.
Formerly held, still cited
Notable
Ends Jul 2027 · High confidence
Cited by 59 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2027.
now held by VL Collective IP LLC
Also notable
Ends Jan 2028 · High confidence
Cited by 53 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2028.
now held by WSOU Investments, LLC
Also notable
Ends Oct 2027 · High confidence
Cited by 30 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2027.
now held by Alcatel Lucent
Fee deadlines
Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
- 1 fee due Sep 29, 2027The maintenance fee for Methods And Systems For Calibrating LTE Antenna Systems (US 9,300,408) comes due Sep 29, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 29, 2028, it lapses early.
- 2 fees due Oct 23 to 26, 2027 · next Oct 23
Recent changes
- 21 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
- 31 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026
What they patent
The 1 largest of its 13 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Multimedia Content Delivery with Reduced Delay | 1 in force | to Jan 2038 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 7,414,198 | Grounding Device with Plastic Housing In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,539,505 | Method of Performing a Dynamic Push-To-Talk Service In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,580,392 | Method and Apparatus for Operation of a Terminal Based on Relative Grant of a Non-Serving Base Station In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,676,025 | Method of Listening in to Calls In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,656,863 | Method for Soft Switch Call Control and Soft Switch Device Using the Same In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,916,639 | Method for Data-Flow Quality Control, a Related Receiver and a Related Transmitter In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,684,699 | Optical Transceiver Module for Monitoring an Optical Fiber and Method for Making Available Measuring Data from Monitoring an Optical Fiber In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,702,716 | Analogue Multiplier In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,325,043 | A Phase Shifting Circuit Including an Elongated Conductive Path Covered by a Metal Sheet Having Stand-Off Feet and Also Including a Slidable Tuning Member In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,300,408 | Methods And Systems For Calibrating LTE Antenna Systems In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 13: 422 patents in force now held by others · 1,701 patents ended · 119 applications pending · 1,296 applications abandoned. List them
Sources and methods
Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.