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Methods and Apparatuses to Indicate Fixed Terminal Capabilities

US 7,756,546 In force
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Also listed on Kineto Wireless, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Nov 17, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Mar 30, 2005 as application 11/095,795 · Granted Jul 13, 2010
Base term plus 597 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2005 2026
Clock starts
Mar 30, 2005
Term ends
Nov 17, 2026
Granted
Jul 13, 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
597
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 597 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 Mar 30, 2005, when this application, 11/095,795, was filedMar 30, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+597 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 17, 2026High 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 orderNov 17, 2026High 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
Mar 30, 2005
Reel 16449, frame 183
Gupta, RajeevKineto Wireless, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 7, 2014
Reel 33492, frame 826
Kineto Wireless, LLCBusiness Development Corporation of America, as Administrative AgentNotice of Grant of Security Interest in Intellectual Property
Sep 23, 2014
Reel 33809, frame 952
Kineto Wireless, Inc.Kineto Wireless, LLCChange of Name
Sep 28, 2016
Reel 40173, frame 114
Business Development Corporation of America, as Administrative AgentKineto Wireless, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 13, 2016
Reel 40351, frame 102
Kineto Wireless, LLCSonus Networks, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 24, 2017
Reel 44957, frame 213
Sonus, Inc.Sonus Networks, Inc.Change of Name
Dec 24, 2017
Reel 44957, frame 243
Solstice Sapphire, Inc.; Sonus Networks, Inc.; Sonus Networks, Inc.Sonus, Inc.Merger and Change of Name
Jan 2, 2018
Reel 44978, frame 801
Genband US LLC; Sonus Networks, Inc.Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Jan 16, 2019
Reel 48078, frame 36
Sonus Networks, Inc.Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc.Change of Name
Mar 3, 2020
Reel 52076, frame 905
Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc.Citizens Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 6, 2021
Reel 58949, frame 497
Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative AgentRibbon Communications Operating Company, Inc. (F/K/A Genband US LLC and Sonus Networks, Inc.)Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement at R/F 044978/0801
Jun 24, 2024
Reel 67822, frame 433
Citizens Bank, N.a.Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc. (F/K/A Genband US LLC and Sonus Networks, Inc.)Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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