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Apparatus and Methods for Controlling Effective Communication Traffic Rates

US 7,957,291 In force
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Also listed on Dragonwave X LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Aug 29, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Apr 5, 2007 as application 11/783,091 · Granted Jun 7, 2011
Base term plus 512 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2028
Clock starts
Apr 5, 2007
Term ends
Aug 29, 2028
Granted
Jun 7, 2011
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
512
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 512 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 Apr 5, 2007, when this application, 11/783,091, was filedApr 5, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+512 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 29, 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 orderAug 29, 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 5, 2007
Reel 19784, frame 815
Boch, Erik; Aithal, PrakashaDragonwave, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 14, 2009
Reel 23220, frame 567
Dragonwave Inc.Comerica BankSecurity Agreement
Jan 29, 2010
Reel 23861, frame 955
Dragonwave Inc.4472314 Canada Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 29, 2012
Reel 27784, frame 448
4472314 Canada Inc.Dragonwave Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 8, 2012
Reel 28342, frame 462
Dragonwave Inc.Comerica Bank, a Texas Banking Association and Authorized Foreign Bank Under the Bank Act (Canada), as AgentSecurity Agreement
Mar 8, 2019
Reel 48538, frame 45
Dragonwave Inc.Transform-X, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 24, 2019
Reel 50476, frame 639
Dragonwave-X Canada, Inc.Dragonwave-X, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 24, 2019
Reel 50480, frame 1
Dragonwave Inc.Dragonwave-X Canada, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 048538 Frame: 0045. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment .
Aug 3, 2022
Reel 60713, frame 728
Dragonwave-X, LLCComs IP Holdings, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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