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208 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026

31 more in force are now held by other companies

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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.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 8,438,145	Methods, Systems, and Computer Program Products for Determining Availability of Presentable Content via a Subscription Service In force (reinstated) Term ends Dec 7, 2026 · High confidence	In force (reinstated)	Term ends Dec 7, 2026	High confidence
US 7,962,460	Methods, Systems, and Computer Program Products for Determining Availability of Presentable Content via a Subscription Service In force Term ends Sep 28, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Sep 28, 2027	High confidence
US 10,133,780	Methods, Systems, And Computer Program Products For Determining Availability Of Presentable Content In force Term ends Feb 28, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Feb 28, 2029	High confidence
US 7,817,735	Device and method of performing channel estimation for OFDM-based wireless communication system In force (reinstated) Term ends Mar 3, 2029 · From the USPTO record	In force (reinstated)	Term ends Mar 3, 2029	From the USPTO record
US 7,817,533	Device and method for performing channel estimation for OFDM-based signals with variable pilot subcarrier spacing In force (reinstated) Term ends Mar 20, 2029 · From the USPTO record	In force (reinstated)	Term ends Mar 20, 2029	From the USPTO record
US 7,908,394	Apparatus and method for transmitting outgoing data using data descriptors In force Term ends Jul 14, 2029 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Jul 14, 2029	From the USPTO record
US 7,849,386	Decoder and method for decoding a tail-biting convolutional encoded signal using Viterbi decoding scheme In force (reinstated) Term ends Oct 8, 2029 · From the USPTO record	In force (reinstated)	Term ends Oct 8, 2029	From the USPTO record
US 7,912,137	OFDMA device and method of correcting frequency offset in OFDMA signals In force Term ends Nov 21, 2029 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Nov 21, 2029	From the USPTO record
US 8,023,924	Method for reducing power consumption in a multi-user digital communication system and mobile station employing the method In force Term ends Apr 24, 2030 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Apr 24, 2030	From the USPTO record
US 8,050,362	Soft-bit de-mapping device and method of generating soft bits for decoding In force Term ends May 20, 2030 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends May 20, 2030	From the USPTO record

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Sources and methods

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Published applications

US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.

4 pending · 7 no status recorded

Showing 1 to 10 of 11, newest filing first. An application has no patent term. A term is computed when and if it grants, and appears on that patent's own page. Where no title is shown, the bulk publication record carries none and this site holds no USPTO file history for that application.

Application	Title	Filed	Status
19/291,829	Communication Node and Method of Outputting Synchronization Signal in the Same	Aug 6, 2025	Pending
19/213,089	Communication Node, Communication System and Operating Method Thereof	May 20, 2025	Pending
19/004,895	Apparatus and Method for Performing Communication by Base Station and Distributed Antenna System	Dec 30, 2024	Pending
17/674,245		Feb 17, 2022	No status recorded
17/454,708	Mobile Communication Repeater and Signal Synchronization Method Thereof	Nov 12, 2021	Pending
17/348,147		Jun 15, 2021	No status recorded
16/671,166		Oct 31, 2019	No status recorded
16/505,905		Jul 9, 2019	No status recorded
15/911,736		Mar 5, 2018	No status recorded
15/893,132		Feb 9, 2018	No status recorded

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