Term ends Oct 21, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 31, 2025
Held by Cisco Technology, Inc.
Filed Mar 15, 2006 as application 11/377,902 · Granted Dec 6, 2011
Base term plus 993 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2027
Clock starts
Jan 31, 2005
Jan 31, 2005
Term ends
Oct 21, 2027
Oct 21, 2027
Granted
Dec 6, 2011
Dec 6, 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
993
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.
5
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 993 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 31, 2005, when application 11/047,354, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 15, 2006) | Jan 31, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +993 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 21, 2027 | 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 | Oct 21, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,073,469 | Term ended Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2006/003249 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,073,470 | this patent Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 8,326,331 | Term ended Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| US 8,326,332 | Term ended Jan 2025 | Jan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2006 Reel 17847, frame 529 | Collins, Daniel G.; Gupta, Amit; Mohammed, Jahangir | Jasper Systems | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 14, 2006 Reel 18102, frame 906 | Jasper Systems, Inc. | Jasper Wireless, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 13, 2014 Reel 32890, frame 447 | Jasper Wireless, Inc. | Jasper Technologies, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 11, 2016 Reel 37483, frame 575 | Collins, Daniel G.; Gupta, Amit; Mohammed, Jahangir | Jasper Systems, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Previously Recorded on Reel 017847 Frame 0529. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the the Correct and Legal Name of the Receiving Party Is Jasper Systems, Inc.. |
| Feb 27, 2017 Reel 41823, frame 259 | Jasper Technologies, Inc. | Jasper Technologies LLC | Change of Name |
| Feb 27, 2017 Reel 41823, frame 655 | Jasper Technologies LLC | Cisco Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2027
Term ends Oct 21, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 993 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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
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.