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In-Building Tracking System for Distributed Antenna Systems

US 12,004,044 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 23, 2022 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ended Mar 8, 2024 · High confidence

Filed Aug 16, 2021 as application 17/403,591 · Granted Jun 4, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Mar 8, 2024
2019 2039
Clock starts
Jun 14, 2019
Term ended
Mar 8, 2024
Granted
Jun 4, 2024
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.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,812,939, US 11,096,014, US 7,398,097.
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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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 14, 2019, when application 16/442,376, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 16, 2021)Jun 14, 2039High 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 10,812,939, US 11,096,014, US 7,398,097)capped to Mar 8, 2024High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo maintenance fee can end the term earlyterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 8, 2024High confidence

This family

US 10,812,939In force
Jun 2039
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US 11,096,014In force
Jun 2039
Jun 2039
US 12,004,044this patent
Mar 2024
Mar 2024
US 12,389,202Term ended
Mar 2024
Mar 2024
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
Aug 16, 2021
Reel 57194, frame 386
Lotter, Michiel PetrusNextivity, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 23, 2022
Reel 62213, frame 590
Nextivity, Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
Jun 7, 2024
Reel 67666, frame 1
Nextivity, Inc.Wti Fund X, Inc.Security Interest

Sources

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

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