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Performance-Based Link Management Communications

US 10,243,646 In force
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Term ends Mar 12, 2036 · High confidence

Filed Aug 17, 2015 as application 14/827,733 · Granted Mar 26, 2019
Base term plus 208 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2036
Clock starts
Aug 17, 2015
Term ends
Mar 12, 2036
Granted
Mar 26, 2019
base term patent term adjustment 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
208
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.
5
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 208 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 17, 2015, when this application, 14/827,733, was filedAug 17, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+208 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 12, 2036High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 12, 2036High confidence

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Application 18/982,722Pending
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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
Aug 19, 2015
Reel 36355, frame 986
Zeng, Dongsong; Gonda, John C., IIIThe Mitre CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest

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