Term ends Apr 7, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 19, 2027
Held by Rave Wireless, Inc.
Filed Apr 18, 2008 as application 12/105,828 · Granted Feb 28, 2012
Base term plus 750 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Mar 19, 2007
Mar 19, 2007
Term ends
Apr 7, 2029
Apr 7, 2029
Granted
Feb 28, 2012
Feb 28, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
750
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.
10
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 750 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 Mar 19, 2007, when application 11/687,818, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 18, 2008) | Mar 19, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +750 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 7, 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 | Apr 7, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 11/687,818 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,126,424 | this patent Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 8,165,562 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 9,071,643 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 9,277,389 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 9,503,876 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 9,813,885 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 10,182,332 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2008 Reel 21014, frame 931 | Piett, William Todd; Sevdinoglou, Constantinos Nickolaos; Saito, Ghen | Rave Wireless, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 27, 2018 Reel 46219, frame 580 | Rave Intermediate Holdings, Inc.; Rave Wireless, Inc. | Pnc Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Apr 23, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Rave Wireless, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 23, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Swiftreach Networks, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 23, 2019 Reel 48975, frame 921 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Rave Wireless, Inc.; Swiftreach Networks, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 7, 2019 Reel 49109, frame 370 | Rave Wireless, Inc.; Swiftreach Networks, LLC | Antares Capital LP, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 16, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Antares Capital LP, as Collateral Agent | Rave Wireless, Inc. | Notice of Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Dec 16, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Antares Capital LP, as Collateral Agent | Swiftreach Networks, LLC | Notice of Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Dec 16, 2022 Reel 62141, frame 22 | Antares Capital LP, as Collateral Agent | Rave Wireless, Inc.; Swiftreach Networks, LLC | Notice of Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2029
Term ends Apr 7, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 750 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
90
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2012 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.