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Octagonal Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

US 8,995,573 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

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

Term ends Jan 8, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Oct 23, 2012 as application 13/658,566 · Granted Mar 31, 2015
Base term plus 77 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2033
Clock starts
Oct 23, 2012
Term ends
Jan 8, 2033
Granted
Mar 31, 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
77
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 77 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 Oct 23, 2012, when this application, 13/658,566, was filedOct 23, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+77 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 8, 2033High 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 orderJan 8, 2033High 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
Sep 19, 2013
Reel 31238, frame 485
Aharony, Ahikam; Li, Chunyao; Prokoptsov, MikhailDragonware, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 7, 2013
Reel 31371, frame 28
Aharony, Ahikam; Li, ChunyaoDragonwave, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Typographical Error in the Name of the Assignee Previously Recorded on Reel 031238 Frame 0485. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Correct Assignee for the Current Application Is Dragonwave, Inc..
Oct 25, 2013
Reel 31475, frame 414
Prokoptsov, MikhailDragonwave, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 3, 2016
Reel 37655, frame 957
Dragonwave Inc.Comerica BankSecurity Interest
Mar 8, 2019
Reel 48543, frame 58
Dragonwave Inc.Transform-X, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 24, 2019
Reel 50470, frame 94
Dragonwave Inc.Dragonwave-X Canada, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Previously Recorded at Reel: 048543 Frame: 0058. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Sep 24, 2019
Reel 50476, frame 639
Dragonwave-X Canada, Inc.Dragonwave-X, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 3, 2022
Reel 60713, frame 728
Dragonwave-X, LLCComs IP Holdings, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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