Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 13, 2024 (U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Successor Collateral Agent).
Term ends Nov 18, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 25, 2025
Held by Atc Technologies, LLC
Filed Feb 25, 2005 as application 11/067,006 · Granted Nov 18, 2008
Base term plus 631 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2026
Clock starts
Feb 25, 2005
Feb 25, 2005
Term ends
Nov 18, 2026
Nov 18, 2026
Granted
Nov 18, 2008
Nov 18, 2008
base term
patent term adjustment
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
631
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
76
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 runs 631 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 25, 2005, when this application, 11/067,006, was filed | Feb 25, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +631 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 18, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 18, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 6,892,068 | Term ended May 2023 | May 2023 |
| US 6,859,652 | Term ended Feb 2023 | Feb 2023 |
| US 6,684,057 | Term ended Sep 2022 | Sep 2022 |
| US 7,039,400 | Term ended no later than Sep 2023 | no later than Sep 2023 |
| US 6,999,720 | Term ended Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
| US 7,181,161 | Term ended Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
| US 7,006,789 | Term ended Aug 2023 | Aug 2023 |
| US 7,031,702 | Term ended Jun 2023 | Jun 2023 |
8 of 76 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2005 Reel 16024, frame 646 | Churan, Gary G. | Mobile Satellite Ventures, LP | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 10, 2006 Reel 17435, frame 603 | Atc Technologies, LLC; Mobile Satellite Ventures LP | The Bank of New York | Security Agreement |
| Oct 7, 2010 Reel 25105, frame 605 | The Bank of New York Mellon as Collateral Agent | Atc Technologies, LLC; Lightsquared LP; Lightsquared Finance Co. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 7, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | The Bank of New York Mellon as Collateral Agent | Atc Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 7, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | The Bank of New York Mellon as Collateral Agent | Lightsquared LP | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 7, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | The Bank of New York Mellon as Collateral Agent | Lightsquared Finance Co. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 12, 2010 Reel 25126, frame 120 | Atc Technologies, LLC | Wilmington Trust Fsb, As Collateral Trustee | Security Agreement |
| Jun 14, 2011 Reel 26438, frame 603 | Lightsquared LP; Atc Technologies, LLC; Lightsquared Inc. of Virginia; Lightsquared Subsidiary LLC | Wilmington Trust Fsb, As Collateral Trustee | Security Agreement |
| Jan 22, 2016 Reel 37573, frame 939 | Atc Technologies, LLC | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Security Agreement (First Lien) |
| Jan 22, 2016 Reel 37573, frame 963 | Atc Technologies, LLC | Jefferies Finance LLC | Security Agreement (Second Lien) |
| Sep 11, 2020 Reel 53755, frame 916 | Atc Technologies, LLC | Jefferies Finance LLC | Security Interest |
| Oct 22, 2020 Reel 54214, frame 165 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Assignment of Security Interest |
| Oct 26, 2020 Reel 54297, frame 444 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Atc Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 26, 2020 Reel 54297, frame 724 | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Ligado Networks LLC; Atc Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 26, 2020 Reel 54298, frame 1 | Jefferies Finance LLC; Ligado Networks LLC; Atc Technologies, LLC | U.S. Bank National Association | U.S. Assignment of and Amendment to Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Oct 26, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Ligado Networks LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 26, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Atc Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 30, 2020 Reel 54262, frame 207 | Atc Technologies, LLC | U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Trustee | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 30, 2020 Reel 54262, frame 295 | Atc Technologies, LLC | U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Trustee | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 28, 2022 Reel 62230, frame 806 | Atc Technologies, LLC | U.S. Bank National Association | Security Interest |
| Mar 3, 2023 Reel 62952, frame 826 | U.S. Bank National Association, as Existing Collateral Agent | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Successor Collateral Agent | U.S. Assignment of and Amendment to Intellectual Property Security Agreements |
| Dec 5, 2024 Reel 71558, frame 599 | Mobile Satellite Ventures, LP | Atc Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 13, 2024 Reel 69631, frame 485 | U.S. Bank National Association; Ligado Networks LLC; Atc Technologies, LLC | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Successor Collateral Agent | Assignment of and Amendment to Intellectual Property Security Agreements |
Sources
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 18, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 631 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
171
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2008 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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