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Mechanism for Protecting a Pseudo-Wire

US 8,130,775 In force
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Also listed on Transpacific IP Group Limited, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jul 16, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Nov 25, 2009 as application 12/528,083 · Granted Mar 6, 2012
Base term plus 141 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2028
Clock starts
Feb 26, 2008
Term ends
Jul 16, 2028
Granted
Mar 6, 2012
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
141
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.
4
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 141 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 Feb 26, 2008, when application PCT/FR2008/050324, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 25, 2009)Feb 26, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+141 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 16, 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 orderJul 16, 2028High confidence

This family

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US 8,451,844In force
Mar 2030
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2 of 4 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Nov 25, 2009
Reel 23572, frame 637
Jounay, Frederic; Niger, Philippe; Cauvin, ArnaudFrance TelecomAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 8, 2017
Reel 44625, frame 315
OrangeTranspacific IP Group LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 8, 2017
Reel 44625, frame 361
France TelecomOrangeChange of Name
Dec 4, 2019
Reel 51192, frame 596
Transpacific IP Group LimitedAcacia Research Group LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 10, 2019
Reel 51238, frame 718
Acacia Research Group LLCMonarch Networking Solutions LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 5, 2020
Reel 52853, frame 153
Acacia Research Group LLC; American Vehicular Sciences LLC; Bonutti Skeletal Innovations LLC; Cellular Communications Equipment LLC; Innovative Display Technologies LLC; Lifeport Sciences LLC; Limestone Memory Systems LLC; Merton Acquisition Holdco LLC; Mobile Enhancement Solutions LLC; Monarch Networking Solutions LLC; Nexus Display Technologies LLC; Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC; R2 Solutions LLC; Saint Lawrence Communications LLC; Stingray IP Solutions LLC; Super Interconnect Technologies LLC; Teleconference Systems LLC; Unification Technologies LLCStarboard Value Intermediate Fund LP, as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Jul 8, 2020
Reel 53654, frame 254
Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LPAcacia Research Group LLC; American Vehicular Sciences LLC; Bonutti Skeletal Innovations LLC; Cellular Communications Equipment LLC; Innovative Display Technologies LLC; Lifeport Sciences LLC; Limestone Memory Systems LLC; Mobile Enhancement Solutions LLC; Monarch Networking Solutions LLC; Nexus Display Technologies LLC; Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC; R2 Solutions LLC; Saint Lawrence Communications LLC; Stingray IP Solutions LLC; Super Interconnect Technologies LLC; Teleconference Systems LLC; Unification Technologies LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 8, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LPAcacia Research Group LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 8, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LPAmerican Vehicular Sciences LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 8, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LPBonutti Skeletal Innovations LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 8, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LPCellular Communications Equipment LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 8, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LPInnovative Display Technologies LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 8, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LPLifeport Sciences LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 8, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LPLimestone Memory Systems LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 8, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LPMobile Enhancement Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 8, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LPMonarch Networking Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 8, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LPNexus Display Technologies LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 8, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LPParthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 8, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LPR2 Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 8, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LPSaint Lawrence Communications LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 8, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LPStingray IP Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 8, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LPSuper Interconnect Technologies LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 8, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LPTeleconference Systems LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Jul 8, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LPUnification Technologies LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patents
Jan 25, 2021
Reel 55100, frame 624
Monarch Networking Solutions LLCStarboard Value Intermediate Fund LP, as Collateral AgentCorrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor Name Previously Recorded on Reel 052853 Frame 0153. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Interest Granted Pursuant to the Patent Security Agreement Previously Recorded.
Jan 25, 2021
Reel 55101, frame 608
Starboard Value Intermediate Fund LP, as Collateral AgentMonarch Networking Solutions LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded on Reel 053654 Frame 0254. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest Granted Pursuant to the Patent Security Agreement Previouslyrecorded.

Sources

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