Lapsed Oct 8, 2021 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 16, 2027
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Ericsson AB
Filed Mar 16, 2007 as application 11/725,084 · Granted Oct 8, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1487 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Oct 8, 2021
2007
2031
Clock starts
Mar 16, 2007
Mar 16, 2007
No longer in force
Oct 8, 2021
Oct 8, 2021
Granted
Oct 8, 2013
Oct 8, 2013
Term would have run to
Apr 11, 2031
Apr 11, 2031
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,487
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
10
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 Apr 11, 2031: its 20-year base term plus 1487 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 16, 2007, when this application, 11/725,084, was filed | Mar 16, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1487 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 11, 2031 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Oct 8, 2021 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 8, 2021 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,130,263 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2018 | Oct 2018 |
| US 7,573,814 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2017 | Aug 2017 |
| US 7,477,642 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,554,949 | this patent Oct 2021 | Oct 2021 |
| US 8,588,742 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| US 8,599,849 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 9,350,646 | Term ended no later than Aug 2025 | no later than Aug 2025 |
| US 9,860,163 | Term ended Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
8 of 10 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2007 Reel 19097, frame 180 | Goodill, Eric; Fernandes, Manuel Jude; Tang, Tak Kuen; Chen, Lei Glen | Redback Networks, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 1, 2007 Reel 19944, frame 299 | Goodill, Eric; Fernandes, Manuel Jude; Tang, Tak Kuen; Chen, Lei Glen | Redback Networks Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 26, 2010 Reel 24002, frame 363 | Redback Networks Inc. | Ericsson AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 1487 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
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
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