Term ends May 14, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 20, 2027
Held by Flash Networks Ltd.
Filed Sep 20, 2007 as application 11/858,177 · Granted Mar 3, 2015
Base term plus 602 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Sep 20, 2007
Sep 20, 2007
Term ends
May 14, 2029
May 14, 2029
Granted
Mar 3, 2015
Mar 3, 2015
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
602
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.
4
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 runs 602 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 20, 2007, when this application, 11/858,177, was filed | Sep 20, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +602 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 14, 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 14, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,995,506 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
| US 8,869,030 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2022 | Oct 2022 |
| US 8,972,518 | this patent May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 8,856,658 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2022 | Oct 2022 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 2007 Reel 19852, frame 648 | Hecht, Jacob; Kalish, Danny; Diamant, Zvika | Unipier Mobile Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 27, 2009 Reel 23003, frame 311 | Unipier Mobile Ltd. | Flash Networks Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 14, 2014 Reel 33309, frame 712 | Flash Networks Ltd. | Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) Limited; Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Ltd. | Security Interest |
| Jul 14, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Flash Networks Ltd. | Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) Limited | Security Interest |
| Jul 14, 2014 reel/frame not recorded | Flash Networks Ltd. | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Ltd. | Security Interest |
| May 16, 2018 Reel 46172, frame 758 | Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) Limited | Flash Networks Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 16, 2018 Reel 46174, frame 432 | Flash Networks Ltd. | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Ltd. | Security Interest |
| Aug 3, 2020 Reel 53381, frame 675 | Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Ltd. | Flash Networks Ltd. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2029
Term ends May 14, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 602 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
19
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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