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Also listed on Intellectual Ventures Assets 9 LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jul 12, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Feb 15, 2007 as application 11/675,350 · Granted May 18, 2010
Base term plus 513 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2028
Clock starts
Feb 15, 2007
Term ends
Jul 12, 2028
Granted
May 18, 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
513
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.

This patent's term runs 513 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 15, 2007, when this application, 11/675,350, was filedFeb 15, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+513 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 12, 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 orderJul 12, 2028High confidence

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
Feb 15, 2007
Reel 18895, frame 283
Li, YalunApacewave TechnologiesAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 29, 2012
Reel 28469, frame 833
Apacewave Technologies CorporationApacewave Technologies Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 21, 2012
Reel 28605, frame 322
Apacewave Technologies, Inc.Exacta Data Development Limited Liability CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 25, 2012
Reel 28791, frame 495
Li, YalunApacewave Technologies CorporationCorrective Assignment to Correct the Name of the Assignee from Apacewave Technologies to Apacewave Technologies Corporation Previously Recorded on Reel 018895 Frame 0283. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Sep 28, 2015
Reel 36673, frame 815
Exacta Data Development Limited Liability CompanyXenogenic Development Limited Liability CompanyMerger
Sep 28, 2015
Reel 36673, frame 906
Xenogenic Development Limited Liability CompanyIntellectual Ventures Assets 9 LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 19, 2016
Reel 37780, frame 450
Cisco Systems, Inc.Cisco Technology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 3, 2016
Reel 37888, frame 275
Intellectual Ventures Assets 9 LLCCisco Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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