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Methods and Systems for Providing Application Level Presence Information in Wireless Communication

US 8,312,076 Term ended
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Term ended Jan 5, 2024 · High confidence

USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Dec 16, 2024.

Held by AT&T Mobility II LLC
Filed Oct 15, 2007 as application 11/872,398 · Granted Nov 13, 2012
Base term plus 776 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Jan 5, 2024
2001 2026
Clock starts
Nov 20, 2001
Term ended
Jan 5, 2024
Granted
Nov 13, 2012
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
776
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 20, 2001, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Oct 15, 2007)Nov 20, 2021High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+776 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 5, 2024High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
USPTO status recordRecorded as expired for non-payment on Dec 16, 2024, after the term endedno changeHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 5, 2024High confidence

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