Also listed on Nokia Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Lapsed Aug 7, 2020 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 11, 2026
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Nokia Technologies Oy
Filed Dec 6, 2006 as application 11/634,223 · Granted Aug 7, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 509 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 7, 2020
2006
2028
Clock starts
Oct 11, 2006
Oct 11, 2006
No longer in force
Aug 7, 2020
Aug 7, 2020
Granted
Aug 7, 2012
Aug 7, 2012
Term would have run to
Mar 3, 2028
Mar 3, 2028
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
509
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
Its term would have run to Mar 3, 2028: its 20-year base term plus 509 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 application 11/545,600, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 6, 2006) | Oct 11, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +509 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 3, 2028 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 7, 2020 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 7, 2020 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,155,696 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 8,238,939 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2006 Reel 18671, frame 205 | Swanburg, Scott Allen; Wuthnow, Mark; Ryan, James Patrick; Chien, Herman; Smith, Roger Julian | 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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Note
The 509 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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