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Establishing Simultaneous Mesh Node Connections

US 11,997,635 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 30, 2025 (UBS AG, Stamford Branch).

Term ends Apr 29, 2039 · High confidence

Filed May 26, 2020 as application 16/883,275 · Granted May 28, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2039
Clock starts
Apr 29, 2019
Term ends
Apr 29, 2039
Granted
May 28, 2024
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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.
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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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 29, 2019, when application 16/397,935, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 26, 2020)Apr 29, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 29, 2039High confidence

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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 4, 2020
Reel 53395, frame 778
Duo, Zhuangzhi; Dhablania, AtulSonicwall Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 30, 2025
Reel 71758, frame 159
Sonicwall Inc.UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as Collateral AgentFirst Lien IP Supplement
Jul 9, 2026
Reel 75961, frame 907
Sonicwall US Holdings Inc.; Sonicwall Inc.; Banyan Security, Inc.UBS AG, Stamford BranchSecurity Interest

Sources

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