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US 10,284,715 In force
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Term ends Jun 15, 2027 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Feb 26, 2018 as application 15/905,078 · Granted May 7, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2027
Clock starts
Jun 15, 2007
Term ends
Jun 15, 2027
Granted
May 7, 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.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
4
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. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jun 15, 2007, when application 11/763,971, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 26, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jun 15, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium 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 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 15, 2027Medium confidence

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US 10,284,715this patent
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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
Feb 27, 2018
Reel 45054, frame 561
Shaw, Venson MCingular Wireless II, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 8, 2018
Reel 46090, frame 389
Cingular Wireless II, LLCAT&T Mobility II, LLCChange of Name
May 8, 2018
Reel 46090, frame 609
AT&T Mobility II, LLCAT&T Mobility II LLCChange of Name

Sources

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

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