Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 18, 2024 (TCW Asset Management Company LLC).
Term ends Nov 19, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 19, 2026
Held by Telecommunication Systems, Inc.
Filed Dec 19, 2006 as application 11/640,860 · Granted May 22, 2012
Base term plus 335 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Dec 19, 2006
Dec 19, 2006
Term ends
Nov 19, 2027
Nov 19, 2027
Granted
May 22, 2012
May 22, 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
335
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,805,483, to Nov 19, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 335 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Dec 19, 2006, when this application, 11/640,860, was filed | Dec 19, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +335 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 19, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,805,483) | resolves to Nov 19, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 19, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,185,567 | this patent Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2007/000039 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,087,132 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2019 | Jul 2019 |
| US 9,467,816 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2020 | Oct 2020 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 2006 Reel 18722, frame 623 | Mitchell, Donald Le Roy | Telecommunication Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 29, 2010 Reel 23870, frame 484 | Telecommunication Systems, Inc.; Longhorn Acquisition, LLC; Solvern Innovations, Inc.; Quasar Acquisition, LLC; Networks in Motion, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank, Agent | Security Agreement |
| Mar 3, 2016 Reel 37993, frame 1 | Comtech Ef Data Corp.; Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc.; Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation; Telecommunication Systems, Inc. | Citibank N.a., As Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Mar 3, 2016 Reel 37994, frame 113 | Silicon Valley Bank | Telecommunication Systems, Inc.; Longhorn Acquisition, LLC; Solvem Innovations, Inc.; Quasar Acquisition, LLC; Networks in Motion, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 3, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank | Telecommunication Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 3, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank | Longhorn Acquisition, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 3, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank | Solvem Innovations, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 3, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank | Quasar Acquisition, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 3, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Silicon Valley Bank | Networks in Motion, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 18, 2024 Reel 67776, frame 309 | Telecommunication Systems, Inc. | TCW Asset Management Company LLC, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 19, 2024 Reel 67780, frame 566 | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Comtech Telecommunications Corp.; Comtech Ef Data Corp.; Comtech Mobile Datacom LLC; Comtech Satellite Network Technologies, Inc.; Comtech Systems, Inc.; Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc.; Maple Acquisition LLC; Telecommunication Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 037993/FRAME 0001 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Comtech Telecommunications Corp. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 037993/FRAME 0001 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Comtech Ef Data Corp. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 037993/FRAME 0001 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Comtech Mobile Datacom LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 037993/FRAME 0001 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Comtech Satellite Network Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 037993/FRAME 0001 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Comtech Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 037993/FRAME 0001 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 037993/FRAME 0001 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Maple Acquisition LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 037993/FRAME 0001 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Telecommunication Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 037993/FRAME 0001 |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2027
Term ends Nov 19, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 335 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,805,483, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
312
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% 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.