Term ends Jul 14, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 14, 2028
Held by Cradlepoint, Inc.
Filed Apr 15, 2013 as application 13/863,187 · Granted Sep 9, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jul 14, 2008
Jul 14, 2008
Term ends
Jul 14, 2028
Jul 14, 2028
Granted
Sep 9, 2014
Sep 9, 2014
base term
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.
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.
3
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 14, 2008, when application 12/172,873, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 15, 2013) | Jul 14, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 14, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,421,637 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2008/076833 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,830,075 | this patent Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2016 Reel 37721, frame 466 | Cradlepoint, Inc. | Pacific Western Bank | Security Interest |
| Feb 13, 2018 Reel 44909, frame 528 | Pacific Western Bank | Cradlepoint, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 10, 2018 Reel 47123, frame 193 | Cradlepoint, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Feb 7, 2020 Reel 51843, frame 756 | Cradlepoint, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest - Mezz Loan |
| Nov 23, 2020 Reel 54446, frame 250 | Silicon Valley Bank | Cradlepoint, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2028
Term ends Jul 14, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.