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System and Method for Spreading and De-Spreading a Signal at an Antenna

US 8,457,251 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Invertix Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Mar 9, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Mar 17, 2010 as application 12/725,721 · Granted Jun 4, 2013
Base term plus 469 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2030
Clock starts
Nov 25, 2008
Term ends
Mar 9, 2030
Granted
Jun 4, 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
469
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.
12
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 469 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

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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 25, 2008, when application 12/277,901, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 17, 2010)Nov 25, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+469 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 9, 2030High 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 orderMar 9, 2030High confidence

This family

US 6,839,554Lapsed on the fee record
Jan 2017
Jan 2017
Application 60/268,977Provisional application
no patent term
no patent term
Application 09/810,114Abandoned
not computed
not computed
Application 09/885,668Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 6,668,167Lapsed on the fee record
Dec 2015
Dec 2015
Application 10/076,814Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 8,340,197In force
Oct 2031
Oct 2031
US 8,391,376In force
Mar 2030
Mar 2030
8 of 12 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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
Oct 26, 2012
Reel 29201, frame 142
Uhl, Brecken H.; Hurtado, Arthur D.; Law, Daniel A.Invertix CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 24, 2013
Reel 30888, frame 398
Invertix CorporationPNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative AgentSecurity Agreement
Jul 7, 2014
Reel 33280, frame 542
Invertix CorporationBridge Bank, National AssociatinoSecurity Interest
Jul 11, 2014
Reel 33332, frame 721
Invertix CorporationBridge Bank, National AssociationCorrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name Previously Recorded on Reel 033280 Frame 0542. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignee Name Is Bridge Bank, National Association.
Jul 15, 2014
Reel 33321, frame 566
PNC Bank, National Association, as AgentInvertix CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Nov 21, 2014
Reel 34476, frame 134
PNC Bank, National Association, as Administration AgentInvertix CorporationPatent Release
Sep 21, 2015
Reel 36609, frame 145
Invertix CorporationAltamira Technologies CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 8, 2016
Reel 40257, frame 893
Altamira Technologies Corporation; Near Infinity Corporation; Nic Labs LLC; Invertix Corporation; Invertix International, Inc.Multiplier Capital, LPSecurity Interest
Jul 24, 2019
Reel 49848, frame 85
Altamira Merger Sub, Inc.; Altamira Technologies Corporation; Altamira Intermediate Company II, Inc.; Apg Technologies, LLC; Prime Solutions LLCPennantpark Loan Agency Servicing, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 26, 2019
Reel 49867, frame 548
Western Alliance BankAltamira Technologies CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jul 26, 2019
Reel 49868, frame 294
Multiplier Capital, LPAltamira Technologies Corporation; Near Infinity Corporation; Nic Labs LLC; Invertix Corporation; Invertix International, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 26, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Multiplier Capital, LPAltamira Technologies CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jul 26, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Multiplier Capital, LPNear Infinity CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jul 26, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Multiplier Capital, LPNic Labs LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jul 26, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Multiplier Capital, LPInvertix CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Jul 26, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Multiplier Capital, LPInvertix International, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 29, 2023
Reel 65074, frame 75
Altamira Technologies Corporation; Virginia Systems and Technology, Inc.Capital One National Association, as AgentSecurity Interest
Oct 2, 2023
Reel 65085, frame 729
Pennantpark Loan Agency Servicing, LLCAltamira Technologies Corporation; Altamira Intermediate Company II, Inc.; Apg Technologies, LLC; Prime Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 2, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Pennantpark Loan Agency Servicing, LLCAltamira Technologies CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Oct 2, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Pennantpark Loan Agency Servicing, LLCAltamira Intermediate Company II, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 2, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Pennantpark Loan Agency Servicing, LLCApg Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 2, 2023
reel/frame not recorded
Pennantpark Loan Agency Servicing, LLCPrime Solutions LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 10, 2026
Reel 74910, frame 324
Altamira Technologies CorporationParsons Government Services Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 11, 2026
Reel 74928, frame 26
Parsons Government Services Inc.Parsons CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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