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Variable Dielectric Constant Antenna Having Split Ground Electrode

US 10,320,070 In force
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Term ends Jul 19, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Jan 31, 2018 as application 15/885,680 · Granted Jun 11, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Jul 19, 2017
Term ends
Jul 19, 2037
Granted
Jun 11, 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 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.
14
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 3 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 Jul 19, 2017, when application 15/654,643, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 31, 2018)Jul 19, 2037High 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 19, 2037High confidence

This family

US 10,199,710Lapsed on the fee record
Feb 2023
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Application PCT/US2017/042450PCT application
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US 10,326,205In force
Sep 2037
Sep 2037
Application PCT/US2017/044045PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,177,453In force
Aug 2037
Aug 2037
Application PCT/US2017/045186PCT application
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Application PCT/US2017/049962PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,686,257In force
Jun 2038
Jun 2038
8 of 14 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
Feb 8, 2018
Reel 44870, frame 475
Haziza, Dedi DavidWafer LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 30, 2020
Reel 54232, frame 958
Wafer LLCWafer LLC; Sderotech, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 30, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Wafer LLCWafer LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 30, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Wafer LLCSderotech, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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