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Method and Arrangement for Retransmission Using HARQ

US 8,966,333 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 12, 2014 (Wilmington Trust, National Association).

Term ends Jun 10, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Dec 18, 2012 as application 13/717,753 · Granted Feb 24, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2028
Clock starts
Jun 10, 2008
Term ends
Jun 10, 2028
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,370,696, to Jun 10, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
7
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Jun 10, 2008, when application PCT/SE2008/050688, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 18, 2012)Jun 10, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,370,696)resolves to Jun 10, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 10, 2028High confidence

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US 8,370,696In force
Aug 2029
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US 8,966,333this patent
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US 11,533,130In force
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US 12,040,898In force
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6 of 7 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 7, 2013
Reel 30362, frame 382
Sagfors, Mats Fredrik; Torsner, Per Johan; Wiemann, Henning; Meyer, MichaelTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 24, 2014
Reel 32180, frame 115
Optis Wireless Technology, LLCHighbridge Principal Strategies, LLC, as Collateral AgentLien
Feb 19, 2014
Reel 32285, frame 421
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Cluster, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 19, 2014
Reel 32286, frame 501
Cluster, LLCOptis Wireless Technology, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 12, 2014
Reel 32437, frame 638
Optis Wireless Technology, LLCWilmington Trust, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Jul 15, 2016
Reel 39361, frame 1
HPS Investment Partners, LLCOptis Wireless Technology, LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

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

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