Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 22, 2026 (Banc of California).
Term ended Jan 11, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 11, 2026
Held by Ani Acquisition Sub, LLC
Filed Feb 27, 2008 as application 12/038,435 · Granted Sep 8, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Jan 11, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jan 11, 2006
Jan 11, 2006
Term ended
Jan 11, 2026
Jan 11, 2026
Granted
Sep 8, 2009
Sep 8, 2009
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
4
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. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 11, 2006, when application 11/329,270, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 27, 2008) | Jan 11, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 11, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,813,451 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 7,587,001 | this patent Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 8,514,915 | Term ended no later than Jan 2026 | no later than Jan 2026 |
3 of 4 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 2009 Reel 23564, frame 370 | Binder, Yehuda; Hazani, Ami | Serconet Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 9, 2010 Reel 24505, frame 173 | Serconet Ltd. | Mobileaccess Networks Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 27, 2011 Reel 26509, frame 284 | Mobileaccess Networks Ltd. | Corning Mobileaccess Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Jun 20, 2014 Reel 33147, frame 775 | Corning Mobileaccess Ltd. | Corning Optical Communications Wireless Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Feb 19, 2025 Reel 70259, frame 59 | Corning Optical Communications Wireless Ltd. | Corning Optical Communications LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 12, 2025 Reel 71270, frame 328 | Corning Optical Communications LLC | Ani Acquisition Sub, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2026 Reel 75864, frame 618 | Ani Acquisition Sub, LLC | Banc of California | Security Interest |
Sources
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Citations
94
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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