Also listed on Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 25, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 2, 2023
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Pantech Corporation
Filed Oct 12, 2007 as application 11/974,381 · Granted Dec 6, 2011
Base term plus 1089 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2003
2026
Clock starts
Dec 2, 2003
Dec 2, 2003
Term ends
Nov 25, 2026
Nov 25, 2026
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
1,089
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.
6
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 1089 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Dec 2, 2003, when application 10/725,779, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 12, 2007); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 2, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1089 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 25, 2026 | 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 | Nov 25, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,293,217 | Term ended Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| US 8,074,143 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,359,520 | Term ended Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
| US 8,788,920 | Term ended Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
| US 9,065,486 | Term ended Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
| Application 15/623,258 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 5, 2016 Reel 39356, frame 166 | DST Holdings, Inc. | Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 29, 2021 Reel 55170, frame 866 | Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation | RNB Wireless LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 8, 2021 Reel 56682, frame 95 | RNB Wireless LLC | Pantech Wireless, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 28, 2026 Reel 76420, frame 81 | Pantech Wireless, LLC | Pantech Wireless, LLC | Change of Address |
| Oct 19, 2026 Reel 76417, frame 689 | Pantech Wireless, LLC | Pantech Corporation | Merger |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 25, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1089 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
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.