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Iterative Mapping Methods for Ingress Mitigation in Cable Communication Systems

US 8,811,191 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Aug 19, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

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Filed Nov 5, 2012 as application 13/669,092 · Granted Aug 19, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Aug 19, 2026
2012 2032
Clock starts
Jun 30, 2012
No longer in force
Aug 19, 2026
Granted
Aug 19, 2014
Term would have run to
Jun 30, 2032
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.
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Its term would have run to Jun 30, 2032: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 30, 2012, when application 13/539,383, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 5, 2012)Jun 30, 2032High 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 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Aug 19, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 19, 2026High confidence

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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
Dec 20, 2012
Reel 29507, frame 626
Nielsen, Steven; Totten, Ronald; Halky, TravisCertusview Technologies, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

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