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Transmit Power Control for Physical Random Access Channels

US 10,588,093 In force
OverviewFamilySources & methods

Term ends Apr 1, 2031 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 9,439,217), so the cap could be lower.

Filed Apr 22, 2019 as application 16/390,968 · Granted Mar 10, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Apr 1, 2011
Term ends
Apr 1, 2031
Granted
Mar 10, 2020
base term fee events 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,439,217, to Apr 1, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
10
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Apr 1, 2011, when application PCT/EP2011/001658, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 22, 2019)Apr 1, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,439,217)resolves to Apr 1, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no changeMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 1, 2031Medium confidence

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US 9,008,050In force
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8 of 10 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Sources

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

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