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US 8,789,073 Term ended
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Term ended Oct 28, 2024 · High confidence

Filed Oct 8, 2012 as application 13/646,964 · Granted Jul 22, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Oct 28, 2024
2004 2026
Clock starts
Oct 28, 2004
Term ended
Oct 28, 2024
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
3
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 28, 2004, when application 10/975,623, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 8, 2012)Oct 28, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 28, 2024High confidence

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US 8,789,073this patent
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 12, 2014
Reel 32870, frame 893
Recursion Software, Inc.Curen Software Enterprises, L.l.c.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 24, 2015
Reel 36674, frame 786
Curen Software Enterprises, L.l.c.Callahan Cellular L.L.C.Merger

Sources

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