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Adaptive Beam Forming with Multi-User Detection and Interference Reduction in Satellite Communication Systems and Methods

US 8,744,360 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 12, 2010 (Wilmington Trust FSB).

Term ended Nov 4, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Jan 19, 2010 as application 12/689,590 · Granted Jun 3, 2014
Base term plus 305 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Nov 4, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Jan 3, 2006
Term ended
Nov 4, 2026
Granted
Jun 3, 2014
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
305
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.
6
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 305 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Jan 3, 2006, when application 11/324,711, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 19, 2010)Jan 3, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+305 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 4, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 4, 2026High confidence

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US 7,813,700In force
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Application 12/689,650Abandoned
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Application 12/689,788Abandoned
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Application 12/689,753Abandoned
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US 8,744,360this patent
Nov 2026
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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
Apr 23, 2010
Reel 24280, frame 77
Zheng, Dunmin; Karabinis, Peter D.Mobile Satellite Ventures, LPAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 23, 2010
Reel 24280, frame 115
Mobile Satellite Ventures, LPAtc Technologies, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 12, 2010
Reel 25126, frame 120
Atc Technologies, LLCWilmington Trust Fsb, As Collateral TrusteeSecurity Agreement
Jun 14, 2011
Reel 26438, frame 603
Lightsquared LP; Atc Technologies, LLC; Lightsquared Inc. of Virginia; Lightsquared Subsidiary LLCWilmington Trust Fsb, As Collateral TrusteeSecurity Agreement
Jan 22, 2016
Reel 37573, frame 939
Atc Technologies, LLCCredit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands BranchSecurity Agreement (First Lien)
Jan 22, 2016
Reel 37573, frame 963
Atc Technologies, LLCJefferies Finance LLCSecurity Agreement (Second Lien)
Sep 11, 2020
Reel 53755, frame 916
Atc Technologies, LLCJefferies Finance LLCSecurity Interest
Oct 22, 2020
Reel 54214, frame 165
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands BranchCortland Capital Market Services LLCAssignment of Security Interest
Oct 26, 2020
Reel 54297, frame 444
Jefferies Finance LLCAtc Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 26, 2020
Reel 54297, frame 724
Cortland Capital Market Services LLCLigado Networks LLC; Atc Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 26, 2020
Reel 54298, frame 1
Jefferies Finance LLC; Ligado Networks LLC; Atc Technologies, LLCU.S. Bank National AssociationU.S. Assignment of and Amendment to Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Oct 26, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Cortland Capital Market Services LLCLigado Networks LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 26, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Cortland Capital Market Services LLCAtc Technologies, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Oct 30, 2020
Reel 54262, frame 207
Atc Technologies, LLCU.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral TrusteeSecond Lien Patent Security Agreement
Oct 30, 2020
Reel 54262, frame 295
Atc Technologies, LLCU.S. Bank National Association, as Collateral TrusteeFirst Lien Patent Security Agreement
Dec 28, 2022
Reel 62230, frame 806
Atc Technologies, LLCU.S. Bank National AssociationSecurity Interest
Mar 3, 2023
Reel 62952, frame 826
U.S. Bank National Association, as Existing Collateral AgentU.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Successor Collateral AgentU.S. Assignment of and Amendment to Intellectual Property Security Agreements
Dec 13, 2024
Reel 69631, frame 485
U.S. Bank National Association; Ligado Networks LLC; Atc Technologies, LLCU.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Successor Collateral AgentAssignment of and Amendment to Intellectual Property Security Agreements

Sources

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

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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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