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Power Over Ethernet Method and Apparatus for Immediate Power Availability

US 9,780,955 In force
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Term ends Mar 17, 2036 · High confidence

Filed Jun 11, 2015 as application 14/736,283 · Granted Oct 3, 2017
Base term plus 280 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2036
Clock starts
Jun 11, 2015
Term ends
Mar 17, 2036
Granted
Oct 3, 2017
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
280
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 280 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 Jun 11, 2015, when this application, 14/736,283, was filedJun 11, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+280 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 17, 2036High 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 orderMar 17, 2036High 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
Jun 11, 2015
Reel 35819, frame 597
Blaut, Roni; Ferentz, AlonMicrosemi Corp. - Analog Mixed Signal Group, Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 22, 2017
Reel 43620, frame 78
Microsemi Corp. - Analog Mixed Signal Group Ltd.Microsemi P.O.E Ltd.Change of Name

Sources

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

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