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US 8,532,342 In force
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Term ends Apr 22, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Feb 12, 2008 as application 12/029,732 · Granted Sep 10, 2013
Base term plus 1165 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2031
Clock starts
Feb 12, 2008
Term ends
Apr 22, 2031
Granted
Sep 10, 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
1,165
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.
129
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 1165 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 Feb 12, 2008, when this application, 12/029,732, was filedFeb 12, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1165 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 22, 2031High 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 orderApr 22, 2031High confidence

This family

US 8,532,342this patent
Apr 2031
Apr 2031
US 8,249,306In force
no later than May 2031
no later than May 2031
US 9,659,268In force
Jun 2029
Jun 2029
US 8,340,359In force
Jan 2030
Jan 2030
US 8,934,678In force
Mar 2028
Mar 2028
US 8,290,215In force
no later than Dec 2030
no later than Dec 2030
US 8,355,542Lapsed on the fee record
Jan 2021
Jan 2021
US 8,300,895In force
Mar 2030
Mar 2030
8 of 129 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
Feb 12, 2008
Reel 20498, frame 180
Nielsen, Steven; Chambers, CurtisDycom Technology, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 10, 2008
Reel 21510, frame 366
Dycom Technology, LLCCertusview Technologies, LLCChange of Name
Nov 6, 2008
Reel 21797, frame 318
Dycom Technology, LLC; Dycom Industries, Inc.; Certusview Technologies, LLCBrown Rudnick LLPNotice of Attorney's Lien
Dec 1, 2008
Reel 21907, frame 232
Brown Rudnick LLPDycom Technology, LLC; Dycom Industries, Inc.; Certusview Technologies, LLCTermination of Notice of Attorney's Lien
Dec 1, 2008
reel/frame not recorded
Brown Rudnick LLPDycom Technology, LLCTermination of Notice of Attorney's Lien
Dec 1, 2008
reel/frame not recorded
Brown Rudnick LLPDycom Industries, Inc.Termination of Notice of Attorney's Lien
Dec 1, 2008
reel/frame not recorded
Brown Rudnick LLPCertusview Technologies, LLCTermination of Notice of Attorney's Lien

Sources

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

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