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System and Method for Providing a Connection in a Communication Network

US 7,782,818 In force
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Also listed on Nokia Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Nov 17, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Jul 3, 2003 as application 10/296,050 · Granted Aug 24, 2010
Base term plus 2128 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2001 2026
Clock starts
Jan 19, 2001
Term ends
Nov 17, 2026
Granted
Aug 24, 2010
base term patent term adjustment 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
2,128
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 2128 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 Jan 19, 2001, when application PCT/EP2001/000615, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 3, 2003)Jan 19, 2021High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+2128 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

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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
Jul 3, 2003
Reel 14298, frame 802
Hurtta, Tuija; Haumont, SergeNokia CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 13, 2011
Reel 26894, frame 665
Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L.Nokia Corporation; Microsoft CorporationShort Form Patent Security Agreement
Sep 13, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L.Nokia CorporationShort Form Patent Security Agreement
Sep 13, 2011
reel/frame not recorded
Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L.Microsoft CorporationShort Form Patent Security Agreement
Oct 26, 2011
Reel 27120, frame 608
Nokia CorporationNokia 2011 Patent TrustAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 26, 2011
Reel 27121, frame 353
Nokia 2011 Patent Trust2011 Intellectual Property Asset TrustChange of Name
Dec 15, 2011
Reel 27395, frame 650
2011 Intellectual Property Asset TrustCore Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 30, 2016
Reel 39872, frame 112
Nokia CorporationMicrosoft CorporationUcc Financing Statement Amendment - Deletion of Secured Party
Sep 11, 2017
Reel 43813, frame 143
Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L.Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A R.L.Change of Name
Aug 22, 2018
Reel 46897, frame 1
Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A R.L.Cppib Credit Investments, Inc.Amended and Restated U.S. Patent Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors)
Mar 10, 2021
Reel 55545, frame 378
Cppib Credit Investments Inc.Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A R.L.Release of Security Interest
May 1, 2023
Reel 63492, frame 197
Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A R.L.Conversant Wireless Licensing Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 19, 2025
Reel 71292, frame 785
Conversant Wireless Licensing Ltd.MediaTek Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 16, 2026
Reel 75402, frame 42
MediaTek Inc.HFI Innovation Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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