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Wireless Power Receiver With In-Band Virtualized Wired Communications

US 11,316,378 In force
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Term ends Jan 28, 2041 · High confidence

Filed Jan 28, 2021 as application 17/161,251 · Granted Apr 26, 2022
USPTO first gave this application the numbers US 11,233,427 and US 11,277,033 and withdrew each before it issued. Those numbers now lead here.
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2021 2041
Clock starts
Jan 28, 2021
Term ends
Jan 28, 2041
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
base term 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 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.
22
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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 28, 2021, when this application, 17/161,251, was filedJan 28, 2041High 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 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 28, 2041High confidence

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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
Nov 29, 2021
Reel 58228, frame 636
Melone, Mark; Katz, MichaelNucurrent, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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