Method and system for scheduled streaming of best effort data

US 8,880,709 Grace period ended

Overview Sources & methods

Term ends May 17, 2029 · Low confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Grace period ended Nov 4, 2026 · no payment on record as of the Nov 10, 2026 fee file · lapse expected

Held by MK Systems USA Inc.

Filed May 15, 2002 as application 10/147,010 · Granted Nov 4, 2014

Base term plus 2804 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends May 17, 2029

2001 2029

Clock starts
Sep 12, 2001

Term ends
May 17, 2029

Granted
Nov 4, 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

2,804

Days of term adjustment

Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.

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.

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 Sep 12, 2001, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed May 15, 2002); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)	Sep 12, 2021	High confidence
Continuity chain	A parent in the chain could not be resolved	dated from this application's own claim	Medium confidence
Patent term adjustment	+2804 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	May 17, 2029	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	The grace period ended with no payment on record in the fee file	grace period ended Nov 4, 2026	Low confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	May 17, 2029	Low confidence

Sources

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

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

Not on this page: the patent's family, its recorded assignments and its citation count. USPTO's assignment records, linked above, list every recorded assignment.

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.

Method and system for scheduled streaming of best effort data

Term ends May 17, 2029 · Low confidence

20-year base term ended Sep 12, 2021

How we calculated this date

Sources