Also listed on Intellectual Ventures Assets 9 LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 15, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 27, 2027
Held by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Filed Apr 27, 2007 as application 11/796,181 · Granted Jul 9, 2013
Base term plus 963 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Apr 27, 2007
Apr 27, 2007
Term ends
Dec 15, 2029
Dec 15, 2029
Granted
Jul 9, 2013
Jul 9, 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
963
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.
3
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 963 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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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 27, 2007, when this application, 11/796,181, was filed | Apr 27, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +963 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 15, 2029 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 15, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,483,125 | this patent Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 9,338,263 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 9,491,267 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2007 Reel 19675, frame 182 | Legg, Peter Jonathon | Ipwireless, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 14, 2009 Reel 22102, frame 891 | Ipwireless, Inc. | Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 1, 2010 Reel 24006, frame 144 | Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc. | Ipwireless, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 14, 2010 Reel 24233, frame 65 | Ipwireless, Inc.; Ipwireless U.K. Limited; Ipw Holdings, Inc.; Ipwireless Pte Limited | Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc. Now Known as Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation by Reason of Merger | Amended and Restated Patent Security Agreeement |
| Apr 29, 2010 Reel 24305, frame 231 | Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Successor by Merger to Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Inc.) | Ipwireless, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 16, 2012 Reel 27727, frame 75 | Ipwireless, Inc. | Square 1 Bank | Security Agreement |
| May 8, 2012 Reel 28175, frame 237 | Ipwireless, Inc. | Intellectual Ventures Holding 81 LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 21, 2012 Reel 28421, frame 393 | Square 1 Bank | Ipwireless, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 28, 2015 Reel 36673, frame 451 | Intellectual Ventures Holding 81 LLC | Intellectual Ventures Assets 9 LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 19, 2016 Reel 37780, frame 450 | Cisco Systems, Inc. | Cisco Technology, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 3, 2016 Reel 37888, frame 275 | Intellectual Ventures Assets 9 LLC | Cisco Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2029
Term ends Dec 15, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 963 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite 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
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