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69 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
2 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
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Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
  • 3 fees due Dec 4 to 16, 2026 · next Dec 4
  • 1 fee due Jul 12, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method for transmitting and receiving a signal to protect against erroneous feedback information (US 9,236,926) comes due Jul 12, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 12, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Aug 11, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method and device for processing a piece of information indicative of a desire to be involved in at least one user application session (US 10,560,489) comes due Aug 11, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 11, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Oct 19, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Radio Access Technology Selection in Telecommunications System (US 9,319,976) comes due Oct 19, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 19, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 4 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026

Patents held now

Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 8,923,237Method of processing control information in a mobile communication system
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,223,725Telecommunications
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,565,159Telecommunications System and Method
In force
 · Low confidence
In forceLow confidence
US 10,404,604Telecommunications System and Method
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 7,474,671System and Method for Resolving Contention Among Applications Requiring Data Connections Between a Mobile Communications Device and a Wireless Network
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,733,823Method of scheduling for enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH)
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 7,864,728Method of Allocating Subbands to Streams of a Multichannel Link in a Multicarrier Modulation Communications System
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,551,625Method of Scheduling an Uplink Packet Transmission Channel in a Mobile Communication System
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,580,388Method and apparatus for providing enhanced messages on common control channel in wireless communication system
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 9,166,824Telecommunications System and Method
In force
 · Low confidence
In forceLow confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 69: 2 patents in force now held by others · 11 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 88 ended at full term · 2 surrendered on reissue. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from the USPTO record, grants, published applications and recorded assignments, not yet reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

Published applications

Every application published under this name has become a patent.

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