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Life Cycle Management Of User-Selected Applications On Wireless Communications Devices

US 10,303,858 In force
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Term ends Nov 2, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Aug 27, 2015 as application 14/837,998 · Granted May 28, 2019
Base term plus 366 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2027
Clock starts
Nov 1, 2006
Term ends
Nov 2, 2027
Granted
May 28, 2019
base term patent term adjustment 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
366
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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 runs 366 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is 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 Nov 1, 2006, when application 11/555,536, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 27, 2015)Nov 1, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+366 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 2, 2027High 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 orderNov 2, 2027High confidence

This family

US 8,126,128Lapsed on the fee record
Feb 2024
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US 9,124,691In force
Mar 2028
Mar 2028
US 10,303,858this patent
Nov 2027
Nov 2027
US 11,354,385In force
Dec 2026
Dec 2026
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
Dec 3, 2015
Reel 37206, frame 244
Hicks, John Alson, III; O'neil, Douglas R.BellSouth Intellectual Property CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 3, 2015
Reel 37209, frame 378
BellSouth Intellectual Property CorporationAT&T Intellectual Property, Inc.Change of Name
Dec 3, 2015
Reel 37209, frame 422
AT&T Intellectual Property, Inc.AT&T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc.Change of Name
Dec 3, 2015
Reel 37209, frame 450
AT&T BLS Intellectual Property, Inc.AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc.Change of Name
Dec 3, 2015
Reel 37206, frame 267
AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc.AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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