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Timing Advance for Satellite-Based Communications Using a Satellite with Enhanced Processing Capabilities

US 12,149,333 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends no later than Jul 27, 2038 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Filed May 26, 2023 as application 18/324,298 · Granted Nov 19, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Jul 27, 2018
Ends no later than
Jul 27, 2038
Granted
Nov 19, 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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
0 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.
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 on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jul 27, 2018, when application 16/047,355, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 26, 2023)Jul 27, 2038High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Jul 27, 2038Medium confidence

This family

US 10,624,052In force
Jul 2038
Jul 2038
US 10,931,365In force
Jul 2038
Jul 2038
Application PCT/US2019/026993PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application PCT/US2019/026937PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,999,809In force
Jul 2038
Jul 2038
US 11,700,055In force
Jul 2038
Jul 2038
Application 18/323,990Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 12,149,333this patent
no later than Jul 2038
no later than Jul 2038
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
May 26, 2023
Reel 63771, frame 772
Alasti, Mehdi; Chenumolu, Siddhartha; Emami, Amirali; Sorond, MariamDish Network L.L.C.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 28, 2023
Reel 64149, frame 229
Alasti, Mehdi; Chenumolu, Siddhartha; Emami, Amirali; Sorond, MariamDish Network L.L.C.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Correspondent Name Previously Recorded on Reel 063771 Frame 0772. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Oct 10, 2025
Reel 73066, frame 1
Dish Wireless L.L.C.Boost SubscriberCo L.L.C.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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