Unwired Planet, LLC

40 patents currently held · Updated Nov 15, 2026

12 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.

Recorded under 4 name spellings.

Ending by 2030

Dec 2026

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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.

1 fee due Dec 16, 2026
The maintenance fee for Routing of IP traffic directed at domain names using DNS redirection (US 9,059,884) comes due Dec 16, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 16, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Feb 27, 2027
The maintenance fee for Method and Arrangement in a Wireless Communication Network (US 10,397,826) comes due Feb 27, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 27, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Apr 20, 2027
The maintenance fee for Method and Arrangement in a Wireless Communication Network (US 9,167,475) comes due Apr 20, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 20, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Jun 29, 2027
The maintenance fee for Method and Arrangement in a Telecommunication System (US 9,226,244) comes due Jun 29, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 29, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Jul 12, 2027
The maintenance fee for Dynamic injection of metadata into flash video (US 9,237,363) comes due Jul 12, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 12, 2028, it lapses early.
1 fee due Oct 19, 2027
The maintenance fee for Method and Arrangement for User Equipment Switching Between Carriers in Different Frequency Bands (US 9,320,039) comes due Oct 19, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 19, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.

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 8,948,290	Method and Arrangement for Symbol Mapping in Communication Systems Utilizing OFDM-Techniques In force Term ends Dec 21, 2026 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 21, 2026	High confidence
US 9,179,478	Method and arrangement in a telecommunication system In force Ends no later than Jan 24, 2027 · From the USPTO record	In force	Ends no later than Jan 24, 2027	From the USPTO record
US 9,432,889	Self Configuration and Optimization of Cell Neighbors in Wireless Telecommunications In force Term ends Jul 5, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 5, 2027	High confidence
US 10,536,883	Self Configuration and Optimization of Cell Neighbors in Wireless Telecommunications In force Term ends Jul 5, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 5, 2027	High confidence
US 10,785,691	Self Configuring and Optimization of Cell Neighbors in Wireless Telecommunications Networks In force Term ends Jul 5, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 5, 2027	High confidence
US 9,661,535	Self Configuration and Optimization of Cell Neighbors in Wireless Telecommunications In force Term ends Oct 8, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Oct 8, 2027	High confidence
US 8,874,116	Method and Arrangements for an Event Triggered DRX Cycle Adjustment In force Term ends Dec 10, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 10, 2027	High confidence
US 8,929,898	Method and Arrangments for an Event Triggered DRX Cycle Adjustment In force Term ends Dec 10, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 10, 2027	High confidence
US 9,698,879	Method and Arrangements in a Telecommunication System In force Term ends Apr 3, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 3, 2028	High confidence
US 10,056,953	Method and Arrangements in a Telecommunication System In force Term ends Apr 3, 2028 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Apr 3, 2028	High confidence

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Also on record, not counted in the 40: 12 patents in force now held by others · 295 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 775 ended at full term · 6 surrendered on reissue. List them

Sources and methods

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Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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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.

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