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Mobile Communications System Including Intermediate Service Provider in Communication with Mobile Terminals and Related Methods

US 8,849,936 In force
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Term ends Apr 30, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Jun 26, 2012 as application 13/532,895 · Granted Sep 30, 2014
Base term plus 26 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2027
Clock starts
Apr 4, 2007
Term ends
Apr 30, 2027
Granted
Sep 30, 2014
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
26
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.
2
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 26 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 4, 2007, when application 11/696,282, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 26, 2012)Apr 4, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+26 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 30, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 30, 2027High confidence

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US 8,224,919In force
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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
Jun 26, 2012
Reel 28441, frame 717
Wilson, Christopher R.; Lee, Jin Woo; Mihaylova, Mihaela K.; Diaz, RobertoFastmobile Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 26, 2012
Reel 28441, frame 814
Fastmobile Inc.Research in Motion LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 9, 2014
Reel 33283, frame 679
Research in Motion LimitedBlackBerry LimitedChange of Name
Jun 16, 2023
Reel 64104, frame 103
BlackBerry LimitedMalikie Innovations LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 19, 2023
Reel 64270, frame 1
BlackBerry LimitedMalikie Innovations LimitedNunc Pro Tunc Assignment

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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