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Media Access Control (MAC) for an Active RFID System

US 8,422,398 In force
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Also listed on Sandlinks Systems Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Sep 22, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Jan 23, 2008 as application 12/018,228 · Granted Apr 16, 2013
Base term plus 608 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2029
Clock starts
Jan 23, 2008
Term ends
Sep 22, 2029
Granted
Apr 16, 2013
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
608
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.
2
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 608 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 23, 2008, when this application, 12/018,228, was filedJan 23, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+608 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 22, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 22, 2029High confidence

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US 8,422,398this patent
Sep 2029
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US 9,036,505In force
Jan 2028
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 23, 2008
Reel 20399, frame 271
Ripstein, Idit; Soffer, Yaron; Raphaeli, Dani; Kaplan, GideonSandlinks Systems Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 30, 2010
Reel 25222, frame 946
Sandlinks Systems Ltd.Zebra Technologies CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 6, 2011
Reel 26549, frame 60
Zebra Technologies CorporationZebra Enterprise Solutions Corp.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 31, 2014
Reel 34114, frame 270
Zih Corp.; Laser Band, LLC; Zebra Enterprise Solutions Corp.; Symbol Technologies, Inc.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. as the Collateral AgentSecurity Agreement
Aug 28, 2015
Reel 36503, frame 630
Zebra Enterprise Solutions Corp.Zih Corp.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 4, 2015
Reel 36552, frame 588
Zebra Enterprise Solutions Corp.Zih Corp.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 25, 2017
Reel 44791, frame 842
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the Existing AgentJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Successor AgentPatent Security Interest Assignment Agreement
Mar 29, 2019
Reel 48884, frame 618
Zih Corp.Zebra Technologies CorporationMerger
Jul 3, 2019
Reel 49675, frame 49
Zebra Technologies CorporationJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentNotice of Transfer of Security Interest in Patents
Sep 1, 2020
Reel 53841, frame 212
Zebra Technologies Corporation; Laser Band, LLC; Temptime CorporationJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
Mar 5, 2021
Reel 56036, frame 590
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Zebra Technologies Corporation; Laser Band, LLC; Temptime CorporationRelease of Security Interest - 364 - Day
Mar 5, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Zebra Technologies CorporationRelease of Security Interest - 364 - Day
Mar 5, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Laser Band, LLCRelease of Security Interest - 364 - Day
Mar 5, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Temptime CorporationRelease of Security Interest - 364 - Day

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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