Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 1, 2010 (The Bank of New York).
Term ended no later than Mar 2, 2025 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 27, 2025
Held by Atc Technologies, LLC
Filed Aug 13, 2009 as application 12/540,873 · Granted Mar 1, 2011
Base term plus 34 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Ended no later than Mar 2, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
Jan 27, 2005
Jan 27, 2005
Ended no later than
Mar 2, 2025
Mar 2, 2025
Granted
Mar 1, 2011
Mar 1, 2011
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
34
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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 34 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: Medium. 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 27, 2005, when application 11/044,477, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 13, 2009) | Jan 27, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +34 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 2, 2025 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Mar 2, 2025 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,596,111 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 7,899,002 | this patent no later than Mar 2025 | no later than Mar 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2009 Reel 23098, frame 82 | Karabinis, Peter D. | Mobile Satellite Ventures, LP | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 13, 2009 Reel 23098, frame 127 | Mobile Satellite Ventures, LP | Atc Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 1, 2010 Reel 24176, frame 137 | Mobile Satellite Ventures LP; MSV Finance Co. | The Bank of New York | Security Agreement |
| Oct 7, 2010 Reel 25105, frame 605 | The Bank of New York Mellon as Collateral Agent | Atc Technologies, LLC; Lightsquared LP; Lightsquared Finance Co. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 7, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | The Bank of New York Mellon as Collateral Agent | Atc Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 7, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | The Bank of New York Mellon as Collateral Agent | Lightsquared LP | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 7, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | The Bank of New York Mellon as Collateral Agent | Lightsquared Finance Co. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 12, 2010 Reel 25126, frame 120 | Atc Technologies, LLC | Wilmington Trust Fsb, As Collateral Trustee | Security Agreement |
| Jun 14, 2011 Reel 26438, frame 603 | Lightsquared LP; Atc Technologies, LLC; Lightsquared Inc. of Virginia; Lightsquared Subsidiary LLC | Wilmington Trust Fsb, As Collateral Trustee | Security Agreement |
| Jan 22, 2016 Reel 37573, frame 939 | Atc Technologies, LLC | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Security Agreement (First Lien) |
| Jan 22, 2016 Reel 37573, frame 963 | Atc Technologies, LLC | Jefferies Finance LLC | Security Agreement (Second Lien) |
| Sep 11, 2020 Reel 53755, frame 916 | Atc Technologies, LLC | Jefferies Finance LLC | Security Interest |
| Oct 22, 2020 Reel 54214, frame 165 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Assignment of Security Interest |
| Oct 26, 2020 Reel 54297, frame 444 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Atc Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 26, 2020 Reel 54297, frame 724 | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Ligado Networks LLC; Atc Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 26, 2020 Reel 54298, frame 1 | Jefferies Finance LLC; Ligado Networks LLC; Atc Technologies, LLC | U.S. Bank National Association | U.S. Assignment of and Amendment to Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Oct 26, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Ligado Networks LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 26, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | Atc Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 30, 2020 Reel 54262, frame 207 | Atc Technologies, LLC | U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Trustee | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 30, 2020 Reel 54262, frame 295 | Atc Technologies, LLC | U.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral Trustee | First Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 28, 2022 Reel 62230, frame 806 | Atc Technologies, LLC | U.S. Bank National Association | Security Interest |
| Mar 3, 2023 Reel 62952, frame 826 | U.S. Bank National Association, as Existing Collateral Agent | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Successor Collateral Agent | U.S. Assignment of and Amendment to Intellectual Property Security Agreements |
| Dec 13, 2024 Reel 69631, frame 485 | U.S. Bank National Association; Ligado Networks LLC; Atc Technologies, LLC | U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Successor Collateral Agent | Assignment of and Amendment to Intellectual Property Security Agreements |
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
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 34 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Mar 2, 2025. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
33
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2011 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.