Also listed on Evolution Broadband, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends May 1, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 21, 2029
Held by PPC Broadband, Inc.
Filed Sep 21, 2009 as application 12/563,719 · Granted Jan 15, 2013
Base term plus 587 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2031
Clock starts
Sep 21, 2009
Sep 21, 2009
Term ends
May 1, 2031
May 1, 2031
Granted
Jan 15, 2013
Jan 15, 2013
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
587
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.
23
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 587 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
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 Sep 21, 2009, when this application, 12/563,719, was filed | Sep 21, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +587 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 1, 2031 | 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 | May 1, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,286,209 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 8,356,322 | this patent May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 8,510,782 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 8,429,695 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| US 9,167,286 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,351,051 | In force Feb 2029 | Feb 2029 |
| Application 13/926,554 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,516,376 | In force Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
8 of 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2009 Reel 23260, frame 643 | Wells, Chad T.; Egan, John M., JR. | Evolution Broadband, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 4, 2010 Reel 24487, frame 507 | Evolution Broadband LLC | John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 12, 2013 Reel 29800, frame 479 | John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc. | MR Advisers Limited | Change of Name |
| Feb 13, 2013 Reel 29803, frame 437 | MR Advisers Limited | PPC Broadband, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2031
Term ends May 1, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 587 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
99
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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