Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 6, 2024 (Barings Finance LLC).
Term ends Nov 15, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 29, 2025
Held by RPX Corporation
Filed Sep 29, 2005 as application 11/238,845 · Granted Jan 13, 2009
Base term plus 412 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2026
Clock starts
Sep 29, 2005
Sep 29, 2005
Term ends
Nov 15, 2026
Nov 15, 2026
Granted
Jan 13, 2009
Jan 13, 2009
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
412
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.
2
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 412 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 Sep 29, 2005, when this application, 11/238,845, was filed | Sep 29, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +412 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 15, 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 15, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,477,902 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2006/036840 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 2006 Reel 16974, frame 46 | Clark, Andrew C.; Grosse, Eric H.; Kraml, Mark H. | Lucent Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 3, 2008 Reel 21918, frame 714 | Lucent Technologies Inc. | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. | Merger |
| Sep 13, 2017 Reel 43877, frame 1 | Nokia Technologies Oy; Nokia Solutions and Networks B.V.; Alcatel Lucent SAS | Provenance Asset Group LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 13, 2017 Reel 43879, frame 1 | Provenance Asset Group Holdings, LLC; Provenance Asset Group LLC | Nokia USA Inc. | Security Interest |
| Sep 13, 2017 Reel 43967, frame 1 | Provenance Asset Group Holdings, LLC; Provenance Asset Group, LLC | Cortland Capital Market Services, LLC | Security Interest |
| Feb 14, 2019 Reel 48370, frame 682 | Nokia USA Inc. | Nokia US Holdings Inc. | Assignment and Assumption Agreement |
| Nov 30, 2021 Reel 58363, frame 723 | Nokia US Holdings Inc. | Provenance Asset Group Holdings LLC; Provenance Asset Group LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 30, 2021 Reel 58983, frame 104 | Cortland Capital Markets Services LLC | Provenance Asset Group Holdings LLC; Provenance Asset Group LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 30, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Cortland Capital Markets Services LLC | Provenance Asset Group Holdings LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 30, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Cortland Capital Markets Services LLC | Provenance Asset Group LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 30, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Nokia US Holdings Inc. | Provenance Asset Group Holdings LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 30, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Nokia US Holdings Inc. | Provenance Asset Group LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 28, 2021 Reel 59352, frame 1 | Provenance Asset Group LLC | RPX Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 22, 2023 Reel 63429, frame 1 | RPX Corporation | Barings Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 5, 2024 Reel 68328, frame 278 | Barings Finance LLC | RPX Corporation | Release of Lien on Patents |
| Aug 6, 2024 Reel 68328, frame 674 | RPX Corporation; RPX Clearinghouse LLC | Barings Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 15, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 412 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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