Also listed on Serconet Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 22, 2026 (Blue Torch Finance LLC).
Term ends May 21, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 11, 2026
Held by Ani Acquisition Sub, LLC
Filed Jan 11, 2006 as application 11/329,270 · Granted Oct 12, 2010
Base term plus 1226 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
Jan 11, 2006
Jan 11, 2006
Term ends
May 21, 2029
May 21, 2029
Granted
Oct 12, 2010
Oct 12, 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
1,226
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.
4
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 1226 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 11, 2006, when this application, 11/329,270, was filed | Jan 11, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1226 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 21, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 21, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,813,451 | this patent May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 7,587,001 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 8,514,915 | Term ended no later than Jan 2026 | no later than Jan 2026 |
3 of 4 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 2009 Reel 23564, frame 370 | Binder, Yehuda; Hazani, Ami | Serconet Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 9, 2010 Reel 24505, frame 173 | Serconet Ltd. | Mobileaccess Networks Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 27, 2011 Reel 26509, frame 284 | Mobileaccess Networks Ltd. | Corning Mobileaccess Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Jun 20, 2014 Reel 33147, frame 775 | Corning Mobileaccess Ltd. | Corning Optical Communications Wireless Ltd. | Change of Name |
| Feb 19, 2025 Reel 70259, frame 59 | Corning Optical Communications Wireless Ltd. | Corning Optical Communications LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 12, 2025 Reel 71270, frame 328 | Corning Optical Communications LLC | Ani Acquisition Sub, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2026 Reel 75864, frame 618 | Ani Acquisition Sub, LLC | Banc of California | Security Interest |
| Sep 22, 2026 Reel 76517, frame 182 | Ani Acquisition Sub, LLC | Blue Torch Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Sep 24, 2026 Reel 76580, frame 205 | Banc of California | Ani Acquisition Sub, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
May 2029
Term ends May 21, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1226 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
212
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.