Also listed on Powerwave Finland Oy, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 4, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 7, 2025
Held by Intel Corporation
Filed May 3, 2007 as application 11/718,537 · Granted Feb 28, 2012
Base term plus 604 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2027
Clock starts
Nov 7, 2005
Nov 7, 2005
Term ends
Jul 4, 2027
Jul 4, 2027
Granted
Feb 28, 2012
Feb 28, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
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
604
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
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 604 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 7, 2005, when application PCT/FI2005/050400, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 3, 2007) | Nov 7, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +604 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 4, 2027 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 4, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,125,296 | this patent Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
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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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2007 Reel 19243, frame 127 | Niiranen, Erkki; Ala-kojola, Jouni | Powerwave Comtek Oy | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 11, 2012 Reel 28939, frame 381 | Powerwave Technologies, Inc. | P-Wave Holdings, LLC | Security Agreement |
| Jan 5, 2014 Reel 31871, frame 293 | Powerwave Finland Oy | Powerwave Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 5, 2014 Reel 31871, frame 303 | Powerwave Technologies, Inc. | P-Wave Holdings, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 27, 2014 Reel 32366, frame 432 | P-Wave Holdings, LLC | Powerwave Technologies S.A.R.L. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 9, 2014 Reel 32421, frame 465 | Filtronic Comtek Oy | Powerwave Comtek Oy | Change of Name |
| Mar 9, 2014 Reel 32421, frame 478 | Powerwave Comek Oy | Powerwave Finland Oy | Merger |
| Mar 9, 2014 Reel 32421, frame 483 | Powerwave Oy | Powerwave Finland Oy | Change of Name |
| Apr 1, 2014 Reel 32572, frame 877 | Powerwave Finland Oy | Powerwave Oy | Merger |
| May 13, 2014 Reel 32889, frame 169 | Powerwave Comtek Oy | Powerwave Finland Oy | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Spelling of the Name of the Assignor Previously Recorded on Reel 032421 Frame 0478. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Spelling of the Name of the Assignor in the Merger Document as Powerwave Comtek Oy.. |
| Aug 4, 2014 Reel 33470, frame 871 | Powerwave Finland Oy | Powerwave Technologies, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the List of Patents Assigned Previously Recorded on Reel 031871 Frame 0293. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Rights Named Assignee. |
| Oct 17, 2014 Reel 34038, frame 851 | Powerwave Finland Oy | Powerwave Technologies, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Exclude US Patent No. 6617817 Previously Recorded at Reel: 031871 Frame: 0293. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Oct 29, 2014 Reel 34087, frame 164 | Powerwave Finland Oy | Powerwave Technologies, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Exclude US Patent No. 6617817 Previously Recorded at Reel: 033470 Frame: 0871. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Nov 4, 2014 Reel 34184, frame 278 | Powerwave Technologies, Inc. | P-Wave Holdings, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Exclude Patent No. 6617817 Previously Recorded at Reel: 031871 Frame: 0303. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Nov 12, 2014 Reel 34216, frame 1 | Powerwave Technologies S.A.R.L. | Intel Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 23, 2014 Reel 34429, frame 889 | P-Wave Holdings, LLC | Powerwave Technologies S.A.R.L. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the List of Patents Assigned to Remove US Patent No. 6617817 Previously Recorded on Reel 032366 Frame 0432. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Rights in the Remaining Items to the Named Assignee. |
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Jul 2027
Term ends Jul 4, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 604 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
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