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Application Programming Interface for Transferring Content from the Web to Devices

US 8,972,880 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Pendragon Wireless LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Feb 22, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Mar 4, 2009 as application 12/398,102 · Granted Mar 3, 2015
Base term plus 355 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2030
Clock starts
Mar 4, 2009
Term ends
Feb 22, 2030
Granted
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
355
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.

This patent's term runs 355 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Mar 4, 2009, when this application, 12/398,102, was filedMar 4, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+355 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 22, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 22, 2030High confidence

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
Mar 5, 2009
Reel 22352, frame 797
Lin, Daniel J.; Hess, Christopher K.; Morgan, Robert J.Oomble, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 6, 2012
Reel 27660, frame 536
Oomble, Inc.Lin, DanielAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 22, 2012
Reel 28247, frame 668
Lin, DanielPendragon Wireless LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 14, 2018
Reel 45338, frame 601
Pendragon Wireless LLCUniloc Luxembourg S.A.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 12, 2018
Reel 46532, frame 88
Uniloc Luxembourg S.A.Uniloc 2017 LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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

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