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Systems and Methods for Managing Multi-Layer Communication Networks

US 10,484,267 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Nov 19, 2023 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Sep 25, 2017 as application 15/561,069 · Granted Nov 19, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 49 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Nov 19, 2023
2016 2036
Clock starts
Mar 31, 2016
No longer in force
Nov 19, 2023
Granted
Nov 19, 2019
Term would have run to
May 19, 2036
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
49
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
3
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to May 19, 2036: its 20-year base term plus 49 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 31, 2016, when application PCT/IL2016/050350, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 25, 2017)Mar 31, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+49 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 19, 2036High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Nov 19, 2023High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 19, 2023High confidence

This family

US 10,484,267this patent
Nov 2023
Nov 2023
US 11,469,992In force
Jun 2036
Jun 2036
2 of 3 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
Sep 25, 2017
Reel 43675, frame 731
Gerstel, Ornan AlexanderSedonasys Systems Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 3, 2021
Reel 55131, frame 845
Sedonasys Systems Ltd.Comerica BankSecurity Interest
Sep 8, 2021
Reel 57408, frame 52
Comerica BankSedonasys Systems Ltd.Release of Security Interest
Jul 31, 2023
Reel 64433, frame 970
Sedonasys Systems Ltd.Cisco Technology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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