Lapsed Sep 6, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 22, 2024
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Sep 30, 2014 as application 14/503,264 · Granted Sep 6, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Sep 6, 2024
2004
2026
Clock starts
Nov 22, 2004
Nov 22, 2004
No longer in force
Sep 6, 2024
Sep 6, 2024
Granted
Sep 6, 2016
Sep 6, 2016
Term would have run to
Nov 22, 2024
Nov 22, 2024
base term
after the term ends
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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.
Its term would have run to Nov 22, 2024: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Nov 22, 2004, when application PCT/IB2004/003805, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 30, 2014) | Nov 22, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Sep 6, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 6, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,112,985 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 8,954,738 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| US 9,438,608 | this patent Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 9,881,150 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2022 | Jan 2022 |
| US 10,482,238 | Term ended Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 11,126,710 | Term ended Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2017 Reel 44516, frame 772 | Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L. | Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A R.L. | Change of Name |
| Aug 22, 2018 Reel 46897, frame 1 | Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A R.L. | Cppib Credit Investments, Inc. | Amended and Restated U.S. Patent Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) |
| Mar 10, 2021 Reel 55547, frame 618 | Cppib Credit Investments Inc. | Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A R.L. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 1, 2023 Reel 63493, frame 332 | Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A R.L. | Conversant Wireless Licensing Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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