Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 18, 2024 (TCW Asset Management Company LLC).
Term ends Apr 6, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 6, 2027
Held by Telecommunication Systems, Inc.
Filed Apr 6, 2007 as application 11/697,575 · Granted Mar 31, 2009
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Apr 6, 2007
Apr 6, 2007
Term ends
Apr 6, 2027
Apr 6, 2027
Granted
Mar 31, 2009
Mar 31, 2009
base term
fee events
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.
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.
12
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 6, 2007, when this application, 11/697,575, was filed | Apr 6, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Apr 6, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,511,662 | this patent Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2007/066639 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,916,074 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 |
| Application 13/029,966 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,239,376 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 9,097,783 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2019 | Aug 2019 |
| Application PCT/US2013/021986 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,658,341 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
8 of 12 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 6, 2007 Reel 19128, frame 281 | Mathews, Michael B.; Gold, Kenn L.; Macdoran, Peter F. | Loctronix Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 15, 2013 Reel 29627, frame 645 | Loctronix Corporation | Mathews, Jerome E.; Aas, David; Davis, Thomas C.; Engenex Technologies LLC; Hawkeye Investments LLC; Hawkeye Investments II LLC | Security Agreement |
| Jan 15, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Loctronix Corporation | Mathews, Jerome E. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 15, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Loctronix Corporation | Aas, David | Security Agreement |
| Jan 15, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Loctronix Corporation | Davis, Thomas C. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 15, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Loctronix Corporation | Engenex Technologies LLC | Security Agreement |
| Jan 15, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Loctronix Corporation | Hawkeye Investments LLC | Security Agreement |
| Jan 15, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Loctronix Corporation | Hawkeye Investments II LLC | Security Agreement |
| Jun 1, 2015 Reel 35758, frame 620 | Mathews, Jerome E.; Aas, David; Davis, Thomas C.; Engenex Technologies LLC; Hawkeye Investments LLC; Hawkeye Investments II LLC | Loctronix Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 18, 2015 Reel 35862, frame 44 | Loctronix Corporation | Telecommunication Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 3, 2016 Reel 37993, frame 1 | Comtech Ef Data Corp.; Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc.; Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation; Telecommunication Systems, Inc. | Citibank N.a., As Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jun 18, 2024 Reel 67776, frame 309 | Telecommunication Systems, Inc. | TCW Asset Management Company LLC, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 19, 2024 Reel 67780, frame 566 | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Comtech Telecommunications Corp.; Comtech Ef Data Corp.; Comtech Mobile Datacom LLC; Comtech Satellite Network Technologies, Inc.; Comtech Systems, Inc.; Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc.; Maple Acquisition LLC; Telecommunication Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 037993/FRAME 0001 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Comtech Telecommunications Corp. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 037993/FRAME 0001 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Comtech Ef Data Corp. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 037993/FRAME 0001 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Comtech Mobile Datacom LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 037993/FRAME 0001 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Comtech Satellite Network Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 037993/FRAME 0001 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Comtech Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 037993/FRAME 0001 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 037993/FRAME 0001 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Maple Acquisition LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 037993/FRAME 0001 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Telecommunication Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 037993/FRAME 0001 |
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Apr 2027
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Citations
210
later US patents cite this one
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