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Peer-To-Peer Communications Among Communication Fabric Coupled Endpoint Devices

US 12,298,928 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Nov 5, 2036 · High confidence

Held by Liqid Inc.
Filed Feb 7, 2024 as application 18/435,495 · Granted May 13, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2039
Clock starts
Feb 5, 2019
Term ends
Nov 5, 2036
Granted
May 13, 2025
base term after the term ends 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.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,609,873, US 11,921,659.
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.
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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. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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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 Feb 5, 2019, when application 16/267,623, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 7, 2024)Feb 5, 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 11,609,873, US 11,921,659)capped to Nov 5, 2036High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 5, 2036High confidence

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US 10,585,827In force
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US 11,119,957In force
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US 11,609,873In force
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US 11,921,659In force
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US 12,204,476In force
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US 12,298,928this patent
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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
Feb 7, 2024
Reel 66408, frame 38
Cannata, James Scott; Long, Christopher R.; Puri, Sumit; Schramm, BryanLiqid Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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