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Method and Apparatus for Terminating Transmission of a Message in an Enhanced Random Access Channel

US 8,774,104 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Mar 27, 2030 · High confidence

Held by Pantech Corporation
Filed Sep 26, 2008 · Granted Jul 8, 2014
Base term plus 547 days of PTA
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2030
Clock starts
Sep 26, 2008
Term ends
Mar 27, 2030
Granted
Jul 8, 2014
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 1, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 1, 2026 and grant & fee data published Oct 27, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
547
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO PTA 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.
14
Applications in this family
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain.

This patent's term runs 547 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 Sep 26, 2008Sep 26, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+547 days, USPTO PTA recordMar 27, 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 27, 2030High confidence

This family

Application 61/018,567Provisional application
no patent term
no patent term
Application PCT/US2008/077904Pending
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US 8,774,104this patent
Mar 2030
Mar 2030
Application PCT/US2008/080896Pending
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US 9,271,280In force
Dec 2030
Dec 2030
Application PCT/US2008/088565Pending
not computed
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US 8,325,684In force
Aug 2030
Aug 2030
7 of 14 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first.

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
Dec 11, 2008
Reel 21966, frame 202
Pelletier, Benoit; Pani, Diana; Digirolamo, Rocco; Cave, Christopher R.; Roy, Vincent; Marinier, Paul; Zeira, Eldad M.InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 17, 2013
Reel 31427, frame 772
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.InterDigital Holdings, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 17, 2013
Reel 31428, frame 63
InterDigital Holdings, Inc.InterDigital, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 17, 2013
Reel 31428, frame 99
InterDigital, Inc.DST Holdings, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 6, 2013
Reel 31597, frame 485
DST Holdings, Inc.Signal Trust for Wireless InnovationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 29, 2021
Reel 55170, frame 866
Signal Trust for Wireless InnovationRNB Wireless LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 8, 2021
Reel 56682, frame 95
RNB Wireless LLCPantech Wireless, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 28, 2026
Reel 76420, frame 81
Pantech Wireless, LLCPantech Wireless, LLCChange of Address
Oct 19, 2026
Reel 76417, frame 689
Pantech Wireless, LLCPantech CorporationMerger

Sources

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

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Note
The 547 days of PTA are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us

Citations

80
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