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US 10,805,131 Term ended
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Term ended Sep 1, 2026 · High confidence

Held by Wi-Lan Inc.
Filed Jun 27, 2016 as application 15/193,988 · Granted Oct 13, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Sep 1, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Sep 1, 2006
Term ended
Sep 1, 2026
Granted
Oct 13, 2020
base term after the term ends 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 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
9
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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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 Sep 1, 2006, when application 11/469,794, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 27, 2016)Sep 1, 2026High 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 1 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 1, 2026High confidence

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US 8,259,688In force
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US 8,229,437Term ended
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US 9,332,572Term ended
Sep 2026
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US 9,226,320Lapsed on the fee record
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US 9,380,607Term ended
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US 10,805,131this patent
Sep 2026
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US 10,985,956Term ended
Sep 2026
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8 of 9 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
Jun 28, 2016
Reel 39029, frame 642
Bourlas, Yair; Newham, Adam E; Wang, Lei; Gummadi, SrikanthNextwave Broadband Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 28, 2016
Reel 39029, frame 672
Nextwave Broadband Inc.Wi-Lan Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 15, 2017
Reel 42725, frame 362
Wi-Lan Inc.; Quarterhill Inc.Quarterhill Inc.Merger and Change of Name
Jun 20, 2017
Reel 42756, frame 914
Quarterhill Inc.Wi-Lan Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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