Term ended Jun 2, 2023 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 2, 2023
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Dec 23, 2024.
Held by Nokia Technologies Oy
Filed Jun 7, 2010 as application 12/795,532 · Granted Nov 17, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Jun 2, 2023
2003
2026
Clock starts
Jun 2, 2003
Jun 2, 2003
Term ended
Jun 2, 2023
Jun 2, 2023
Granted
Nov 17, 2020
Nov 17, 2020
base term
after the term ends
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.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.
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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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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jun 2, 2003, when application 10/449,666, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 7, 2010) | Jun 2, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | No maintenance fee can end the term early | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on Dec 23, 2024, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 2, 2023 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,751,415 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 10,841,979 | this patent Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 2013 Reel 29737, frame 641 | Alcatel Lucent N.V. | Credit Suisse AG | Security Agreement |
| Dec 5, 2013 Reel 31724, frame 231 | Bos, Lieve Maria Marcella Rosemarijn; Thiebaut, Laurent Jean Andre; Wencel, Piotr Jan | Alcatel | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 5, 2013 Reel 31766, frame 41 | Alcatel | Alcatel Lucent | Change of Name |
| Sep 4, 2014 Reel 33687, frame 150 | Credit Suisse AG | Alcatel Lucent (Successor in Interest to Alcatel-Lucent N.V.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 26, 2020 Reel 52024, frame 173 | Alcatel Lucent | Nokia Technologies Oy | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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