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System and Method for Handling Inactive SIM Cards

US 10,187,786 In force
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Term ends Feb 23, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Aug 19, 2016 as application 15/120,333 · Granted Jan 22, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Feb 23, 2015
Term ends
Feb 23, 2035
Granted
Jan 22, 2019
base term 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,206,095, US 9,980,124, to Feb 23, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
6
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Feb 23, 2015, when application PCT/EP2015/053762, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 19, 2016)Feb 23, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,206,095, US 9,980,124)resolves to Feb 23, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 23, 2035High confidence

This family

US 9,980,124Lapsed on the fee record
May 2022
May 2022
US 10,187,786this patent
Feb 2035
Feb 2035
US 10,206,095In force
Feb 2035
Feb 2035
3 of 6 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 3, 2018
Reel 45703, frame 81
Anslot, Michel; Bouckaert, Philippe; Bouvier, Jean-reneBuzzinbeesAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 14, 2018
Reel 45795, frame 243
BuzzinbeesGemaltoAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 6, 2018
Reel 46280, frame 44
BuzzinbeesGemalto S.A.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 11, 2023
Reel 64855, frame 1
Gemalto S.A.Thales DIS France S.A.Change of Name
Sep 14, 2023
Reel 64898, frame 413
Thales DIS France S.A.Thales DIS France SASAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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