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Methods, Systems, and Computer Program Products for Associating a Name with a Network Path

US 10,904,144 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Cedar Point Partners, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jul 14, 2033 · High confidence

Filed May 9, 2014 as application 14/274,632 · Granted Jan 26, 2021
Base term plus 199 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2033
Clock starts
Dec 27, 2012
Term ends
Jul 14, 2033
Granted
Jan 26, 2021
base term patent term adjustment 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
199
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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 runs 199 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Dec 27, 2012, when applications 13/727,647, 13/727,649, 13/727,651, 13/727,652, 13/727,653, 13/727,655, 13/727,657 and 13/727,662, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed May 9, 2014)Dec 27, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+199 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 14, 2033High 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 14, 2033High confidence

This family

Application 13/727,647Abandoned
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Application 13/727,649Abandoned
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Application 13/727,651Abandoned
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Application 13/727,652Abandoned
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Application 13/727,653Abandoned
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Application 13/727,655Abandoned
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Application 13/727,657Abandoned
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Application 13/727,662Abandoned
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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 26, 2018
Reel 45043, frame 993
Cedar Point Partners, LLCSitting Man, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 7, 2022
Reel 62094, frame 157
Sitting Man, LLCMorris Routing Technologies, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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