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Dual Mode Service Wifi Access Control

US 10,278,026 Term ended
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Term ended Aug 23, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Jan 11, 2017 as application 15/403,744 · Granted Apr 30, 2019
Base term plus 5 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Aug 23, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Aug 18, 2006
Term ended
Aug 23, 2026
Granted
Apr 30, 2019
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
5
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
6
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This patent's term runs 5 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 18, 2006, when application 11/465,728, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 11, 2017)Aug 18, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+5 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 23, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 23, 2026High confidence

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US 10,278,026this patent
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US 10,708,731Lapsed on the fee record
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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
Jan 11, 2017
Reel 40948, frame 601
Glass, David; Abu-dayya, AdnanCingular Wireless II, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 15, 2019
Reel 48613, frame 928
Cingular Wireless II, LLCAT&T Mobility II, LLCChange of Name
Mar 15, 2019
Reel 48613, frame 969
AT&T Mobility II, LLCAT&T Mobility II LLCChange of Name

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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