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Advanced Periodic Signal Enhancement

US 7,716,046 In force
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Term ends Jan 10, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Dec 23, 2005 as application 11/317,762 · Granted May 11, 2010
Base term plus 1171 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2004 2028
Clock starts
Oct 26, 2004
Term ends
Jan 10, 2028
Granted
May 11, 2010
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
1,171
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.
8
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 1171 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 26, 2004, when application 10/973,575, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 23, 2005)Oct 26, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1171 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 10, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 10, 2028High confidence

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US 8,150,682Term ended
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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
Dec 23, 2005
Reel 17416, frame 285
Nongpiur, Rajeev; Hetherington, Phillip A.Harman Becker Automotive Systems-Wavemakers, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 14, 2006
Reel 18515, frame 376
Harman Becker Automotive Systems - Wavemakers, Inc.QNX Software Systems (Wavemakers), Inc.Change of Name
May 8, 2009
Reel 22659, frame 743
Harman International Industries, Incorporated; Becker Service-und Verwaltung GmbH; Crown Audio, Inc.; Harman Becker Automotive Systems (Michigan), Inc.; Harman Becker Automotive Systems Holding GmbH; Harman Becker Automotive Systems, Inc.; Harman Consumer Group, Inc.; Harman Deutschland GmbH; Harman Financial Group LLC; Harman Holding GmbH & Co. KG; Harman Music Group, Incorporated; Harman Software Technology International Beteiligungs GmbH; Harman Software Technology Management GmbH; Hbas International GmbH; Hbas Manufacturing, Inc.; Innovative Systems GmbH Navigation-Multimedia; JBL Incorporated; Lexicon, Incorporated; Margi Systems, Inc.; QNX Software Systems (Wavemakers), Inc.; QNX Software Systems Canada Corporation; QNX Software Systems Co.; QNX Software Systems GmbH; QNX Software Systems GmbH & Co. KG; QNX Software Systems International Corporation; QNX Software Systems, Inc.; XS Embedded GmbH (F/K/A Harman Becker Media Drive Technology GmbH)Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Agreement
Jun 3, 2010
Reel 24483, frame 45
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentHarman International Industries, Incorporated; QNX Software Systems (Wavemakers), Inc.; QNX Software Systems GmbH & Co. KGPartial Release of Security Interest
Jun 3, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentHarman International Industries, IncorporatedPartial Release of Security Interest
Jun 3, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentQNX Software Systems (Wavemakers), Inc.Partial Release of Security Interest
Jun 3, 2010
reel/frame not recorded
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentQNX Software Systems GmbH & Co. KGPartial Release of Security Interest
Jul 9, 2010
Reel 24659, frame 370
QNX Software Systems (Wavemakers), Inc.QNX Software Systems Co.Confirmatory Assignment
Feb 27, 2012
Reel 27768, frame 863
QNX Software Systems Co.QNX Software Systems LimitedChange of Name
Apr 4, 2014
Reel 32607, frame 674
8758271 Canada Inc.2236008 Ontario Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 4, 2014
Reel 32607, frame 943
QNX Software Systems Limited8758271 Canada Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 22, 2020
Reel 53313, frame 315
2236008 Ontario Inc.BlackBerry LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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