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Software Defined Network Controller

US 12,182,545 In force
OverviewFamilySources & methods

Term ends Aug 28, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Apr 4, 2023 as application 18/130,881 · Granted Dec 31, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Aug 28, 2014
Term ends
Aug 28, 2034
Granted
Dec 31, 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 11,630,646, US 9,436,443, to Aug 28, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
6
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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 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 28, 2014, when application 14/471,534, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 4, 2023)Aug 28, 2034High 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 11,630,646, US 9,436,443)resolves to Aug 28, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 28, 2034High confidence

This family

US 9,436,443In force
Oct 2034
Oct 2034
US 10,365,899In force
Aug 2034
Aug 2034
US 10,705,808In force
Aug 2034
Aug 2034
US 11,630,646In force
Mar 2035
Mar 2035
US 12,182,545this patent
Aug 2034
Aug 2034
Application 19/006,170Pending
not computed
not computed
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Sources

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