Term ends Dec 2, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 2, 2029
Held by Portsmouth Network Corporation
Filed Aug 2, 2023 as application 18/229,198 · Granted Jun 11, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Dec 2, 2009
Dec 2, 2009
Term ends
Dec 2, 2029
Dec 2, 2029
Granted
Jun 11, 2024
Jun 11, 2024
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,750,871, to Dec 2, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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.
8
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 1 maintenance fees are 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 2, 2009, when application 12/629,310, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 2, 2023) | Dec 2, 2029 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,750,871) | resolves to Dec 2, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 2, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,516,375 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 10,397,628 | In force Aug 2030 | Aug 2030 |
| US 11,412,282 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 10,904,602 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 11,432,028 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 11,750,871 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 12,010,370 | this patent Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| Application 18/624,325 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 2023 Reel 65496, frame 300 | Aloni, Eliezer; Mor, Gal; Brousard, Noam | Orckit-Corrigent Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 8, 2023 Reel 65496, frame 398 | Orckit-Corrigent Ltd. | Orckit IP, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 8, 2023 Reel 65498, frame 49 | Orkit IP, LLC | Perloza Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 8, 2023 Reel 65498, frame 168 | Perloza Ltd. | Portsmouth Network Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Dec 2029
Term ends Dec 2, 2029. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,750,871, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.