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Vine: Zero-Control Routing Using Data Packet Inspection for Wireless Mesh Networks

US 11,811,642 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 25, 2025 (Crescent Cove Opportunity Lending, LLC).

Term ends no later than May 27, 2040 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Held by Gotenna Inc.
Filed Aug 2, 2021 as application 17/444,222 · Granted Nov 7, 2023
Base term plus 306 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2040
Clock starts
Jul 26, 2019
Ends no later than
May 27, 2040
Granted
Nov 7, 2023
base term patent term adjustment 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
306
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
0 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.
2
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term runs 306 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. from the record

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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 26, 2019, when application 16/523,757, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 2, 2021)Jul 26, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+306 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 27, 2040High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than May 27, 2040Medium confidence

This family

US 11,082,324In force
Sep 2039
Sep 2039
US 11,811,642this patent
no later than May 2040
no later than May 2040
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

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 2, 2021
Reel 57053, frame 970
Ramanathan, Subramanian; Servaes, Christophe; Foster, SethGotenna Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 13, 2023
Reel 64890, frame 99
Gotenna, Inc.Eastward Fund Management, LLCSecurity Interest
May 22, 2025
Reel 71201, frame 509
Gotenna, Inc.; Global Mesh Labs, LLCOcean II Plo LLC, as Agent for the Benefit of LendersSecurity Interest
Jul 24, 2025
Reel 71825, frame 316
Eastward Fund Management, LLCGotenna, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Aug 18, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Ocean II Plo LLCGotenna, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Aug 18, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Ocean II Plo LLCGlobal Mesh Labs, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Aug 18, 2025
Reel 72052, frame 89
Ocean II Plo LLCGotenna, Inc.; Global Mesh Labs, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Nov 25, 2025
Reel 73036, frame 941
Gotenna, Inc.Crescent Cove Opportunity Lending, LLCSecurity Interest

Sources

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

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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