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Method and System for Using a Situational Network

US 12,245,325 Term ended
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Term ended Sep 12, 2026 · Low confidence

Held by Sitnet LLC
Filed Sep 12, 2024 as application 18/883,830 · Granted Mar 4, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Sep 12, 2026
2007 2027
Clock starts
Oct 26, 2007
Term ended
Sep 12, 2026
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
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 12,120,769, US 7,711,475, US 8,069,202, US 8,332,454.
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.

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 filingClock starts Oct 26, 2007, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Sep 12, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Oct 26, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 12,120,769, US 7,711,475, US 8,069,202, US 8,332,454)capped to Sep 12, 2026Medium 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 orderSep 12, 2026Low confidence

Sources

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