Also listed on Evolution Broadband, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 20, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 21, 2028
Held by PPC Broadband, Inc.
Filed Jan 21, 2010 as application 12/691,149 · Granted Aug 13, 2013
Base term plus 637 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
Oct 21, 2008
Oct 21, 2008
Term ends
Jul 20, 2030
Jul 20, 2030
Granted
Aug 13, 2013
Aug 13, 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
637
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,286,209, US 8,356,322, to Jul 20, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 637 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Oct 21, 2008, when application 12/255,008, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 21, 2010) | Oct 21, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +637 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 20, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,286,209, US 8,356,322) | resolves to Jul 20, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 20, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,286,209 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 8,356,322 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 8,510,782 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2010 Reel 23824, frame 544 | Wells, Chad T., MR.; Egan, John M., JR., MR. | Evolution Broadband, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 4, 2010 Reel 24522, frame 663 | 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
Jul 2030
Term ends Jul 20, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 637 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,286,209, US 8,356,322, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
119
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. 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.