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Methods and Apparatus for Generating,transmitting And/Or Using Beacons

US 10,219,166 In force
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Term ends Jul 28, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Jul 28, 2015 as application 14/811,684 · Granted Feb 26, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Jul 28, 2015
Term ends
Jul 28, 2035
Granted
Feb 26, 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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.
15
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 28, 2015, when this application, 14/811,684, was filedJul 28, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 28, 2035High confidence

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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
Dec 7, 2015
Reel 37228, frame 734
Friday, Robert; Frei, Randall Wayne; Castagnoli, Neal DanteMist Systems Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 19, 2020
Reel 53539, frame 912
Mist Systems, Inc.Juniper Networks, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 23, 2023
Reel 62836, frame 726
Friday, Robert J.; Frei, RandallJuniper Networks, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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