Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 4, 2024 (Wilmington Trust, National Association).
Term ends no later than Feb 23, 2037 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 23, 2037
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 Level 3 Communications, LLC
Filed Sep 29, 2023 as application 18/374,962 · Granted Jul 2, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Feb 23, 2017
Feb 23, 2017
Ends no later than
Feb 23, 2037
Feb 23, 2037
Granted
Jul 2, 2024
Jul 2, 2024
base term
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
8
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. 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: Low. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 23, 2017, when application 15/440,335, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 29, 2023); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Feb 23, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Feb 23, 2037 | Low confidence |
This family
| Application 62/301,392 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,462,104 | In force Oct 2037 | Oct 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2017/019049 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,771,432 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 11,477,162 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 11,777,901 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
| US 12,028,317 | this patent no later than Feb 2037 | no later than Feb 2037 |
| US 12,224,980 | In force Feb 2037 | Feb 2037 |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2023 Reel 65094, frame 349 | Wang, Jin-gen; Ewert, Travis D. | Level 3 Communications, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 4, 2024 Reel 69295, frame 749 | Level 3 Communications, LLC; Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (Second Lien) |
| Nov 4, 2024 Reel 69295, frame 858 | Level 3 Communications, LLC; Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (First Lien) |
| Jun 12, 2026 Reel 75738, frame 427 | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Retiring Collateral Agent | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Successor Collateral Agent | Assignment of First Lien Security Interest in Patent Collateral Recorded at R/F 069295/0858 |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2037
Term ends no later than Feb 23, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Feb 23, 2037. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2024 in our data have been cited yet, so we show the count and do not rank on it.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.