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System and Method for Obtaining Localized Information Through a Structured Overlay Network

US 7,792,061 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 3, 2023 (Citizens Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Dec 1, 2028 · High confidence

Held by Ooma, Inc.
Filed Jul 7, 2008 as application 12/217,759 · Granted Sep 7, 2010
Base term plus 147 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2028
Clock starts
Jul 7, 2008
Term ends
Dec 1, 2028
Granted
Sep 7, 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
147
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 147 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 Jul 7, 2008, when this application, 12/217,759, was filedJul 7, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+147 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 1, 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 orderDec 1, 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
Sep 12, 2008
Reel 21542, frame 88
Lowekamp, Bruce B.Sipeerior Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 12, 2010
Reel 24665, frame 563
Sipeerior Technologies, Inc.Galcher, EricAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 12, 2010
Reel 24665, frame 791
Galcher, EricOoma, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 10, 2011
Reel 25608, frame 697
Ooma, Inc.MMV Finance Inc.Security Agreement
Jan 6, 2015
Reel 34731, frame 531
Ooma, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Agreement
Nov 3, 2023
Reel 65457, frame 334
Ooma, Inc.; Talkatone, LLC; Junction Networks Inc.; 2600HZ, Inc.Citizens Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 6, 2023
Reel 65466, frame 45
MMV Finance, Inc.Ooma, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 7, 2023
Reel 65479, frame 673
Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First-Citizens Bank & Trust CompanyOoma, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 17, 2025
Reel 74304, frame 257
Ooma, Inc.; Fluentstream Technologies, LLCCitizens Bank, N.a.Security Interest

Sources

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

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