Also listed on Nokia Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 10, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 11, 2026
Held by Nokia Technologies Oy
Filed Oct 11, 2006 as application 11/545,600 · Granted Apr 10, 2012
Base term plus 1126 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2029
Clock starts
Oct 11, 2006
Oct 11, 2006
Term ends
Nov 10, 2029
Nov 10, 2029
Granted
Apr 10, 2012
Apr 10, 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
1,126
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 1126 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 Oct 11, 2006, when this application, 11/545,600, was filed | Oct 11, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1126 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 10, 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 | Nov 10, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,155,696 | this patent Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 8,238,939 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2020 | Aug 2020 |
| Application PCT/US2006/048203 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2007/086659 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,452,329 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 9,026,035 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2023 | May 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 2006 Reel 18415, frame 461 | Swanburg, Scott Allen; Wuthnow, Mark; Mahler, Roger | Cingular Wireless II, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 21, 2023 Reel 66095, frame 190 | Cingular Wireless II, LLC | AT&T Mobility II, LLC | Change of Name |
| Dec 21, 2023 Reel 66095, frame 213 | AT&T Mobility II, LLC | AT&T Mobility II LLC | Change of Name |
| Feb 28, 2024 Reel 66588, frame 122 | AT&T Mobility II LLC | Nokia Technologies Oy | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2029
Term ends Nov 10, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1126 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
76
later US patents cite this one
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