Lapsed Oct 11, 2023 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 27, 2027
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by A9 Com, Inc.
Filed Nov 26, 2009 as application 12/626,640 · Granted Oct 11, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Oct 11, 2023
2007
2027
Clock starts
Mar 27, 2007
Mar 27, 2007
No longer in force
Oct 11, 2023
Oct 11, 2023
Granted
Oct 11, 2011
Oct 11, 2011
Term would have run to
Mar 27, 2027
Mar 27, 2027
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.
2 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.
50
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Mar 27, 2027: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. 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 Mar 27, 2007, when application 11/692,075, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 26, 2009) | Mar 27, 2027 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Oct 11, 2023 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 11, 2023 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,203,445 | In force Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| US 8,669,716 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| US 8,033,686 | this patent Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| US 8,362,713 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| US 8,491,159 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 8,519,566 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2021 | Aug 2021 |
| US 8,829,799 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2022 | Sep 2022 |
| US 8,415,901 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
8 of 50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 2010 Reel 23766, frame 780 | Recker, Michael V.; Levine, David B. | Wireless Environment, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 15, 2010 Reel 24988, frame 71 | Wireless Environment, LLC | Director of Development of the State of Ohio | Security Agreement |
| Apr 10, 2017 Reel 42227, frame 832 | Wireless Environment, LLC | Citizens Bank, N. A. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 10, 2017 Reel 44166, frame 789 | Citizens Bank National Association, Secured Party | Wireless Environment, LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel/Frame 042227/0832 |
| Oct 19, 2017 Reel 44229, frame 534 | Director of Development of the State of Ohio | Wireless Environment, LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel/Frame 24988/0071 |
| Dec 10, 2018 Reel 48695, frame 493 | Ring LLC | A9 Com, Inc. | Bill of Sale |
| Dec 10, 2018 Reel 48737, frame 379 | Wireless Environment, LLC | Ring LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Citations
849
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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