Lapsed Mar 5, 2025 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 22, 2026
Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Cingular Wireless II, LLC
Filed Jun 21, 2012 as application 13/529,388 · Granted Mar 5, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Mar 5, 2025
2006
2026
Clock starts
Dec 22, 2006
Dec 22, 2006
No longer in force
Mar 5, 2025
Mar 5, 2025
Granted
Mar 5, 2013
Mar 5, 2013
Term would have run to
Dec 22, 2026
Dec 22, 2026
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
2 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.
5
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 Dec 22, 2026: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. Confidence: Medium. 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 22, 2006, when application 11/615,065, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 21, 2012) | Dec 22, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Mar 5, 2025 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 5, 2025 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,811,201 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 8,235,871 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 8,388,500 | this patent Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 8,602,947 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 8,784,275 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2012 Reel 28420, frame 380 | Mikan, Jeffrey; McNamara, Justin; Cenciarelli, Fulvio; Kefalas, Anastasios L.; Lewis, John E. | Cingular Wireless II, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 23, 2012 Reel 28838, frame 240 | Mikan, Jeffrey; McNamara, Justin; Cenciarelli, Fulvio; Kefalas, Anastasios L.; Lewis, John E. | Cingular Wireless II, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Mar 5, 2025. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2013 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.