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Methods and Apparatus for Utilizing Radio Frequency Spectrum Simultaneously and Concurrently in the Presence of Co-Channel And/Or Adjacent Channel Television Signals by Adjusting Transmitter Power or Receiver Sensitivity

US 7,013,145 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Mar 14, 2018 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Cellco Partnership D/B/A/ Verizon Wireless
Filed Aug 2, 2001 as application 09/919,942 · Granted Mar 14, 2006
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1058 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Mar 14, 2018
2001 2026
Clock starts
Aug 2, 2001
No longer in force
Mar 14, 2018
Granted
Mar 14, 2006
Term would have run to
Jun 25, 2024
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends fee events 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
1,058
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 2, 2001, when this application, 09/919,942, was filedAug 2, 2021High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1058 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 25, 2024High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Mar 14, 2018High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 14, 2018High confidence

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