Lapsed Jul 22, 2026 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 22, 2026
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,388,500), so the cap could be lower.
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by AT&T Mobility II LLC
Filed Sep 6, 2013 as application 14/019,774 · Granted Jul 22, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jul 22, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Dec 22, 2006
Dec 22, 2006
No longer in force
Jul 22, 2026
Jul 22, 2026
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
Jul 22, 2014
Term would have run to
Dec 22, 2026
Dec 22, 2026
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,388,500, to Dec 22, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 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.
5
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 Dec 22, 2026: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: Medium. 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 Dec 22, 2006, when application 11/615,065, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 6, 2013) | Dec 22, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,388,500) | resolves to Dec 22, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jul 22, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 22, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,811,201 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 8,235,871 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 8,388,500 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 8,602,947 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 8,784,275 | this patent Jul 2026 | Jul 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2013 Reel 31150, frame 671 | Mikan, Jeffrey; McNamara, Justin; Cenciarelli, Fulvio; Kefalas, Anastasios L. | AT&T Mobility II LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 21, 2014 Reel 33583, frame 200 | Lewis, John | AT&T Mobility II LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,388,500, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
34
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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