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Multi-Modem Communication Using Virtual Identity Modules

US 8,787,966 In force
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Term ends May 12, 2033 · High confidence

Held by Liveu Ltd.
Filed Jun 19, 2013 as application 13/921,227 · Granted Jul 22, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
May 12, 2013
Term ends
May 12, 2033
Granted
Jul 22, 2014
base term 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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 May 12, 2013, when application PCT/IB2013/053843, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 19, 2013)May 12, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderMay 12, 2033High confidence

This family

US 8,787,966this patent
May 2033
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US 9,379,756In force
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US 9,692,913In force
May 2033
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US 10,194,034In force
May 2033
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Application 16/217,067Abandoned
not computed
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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
Jun 19, 2013
Reel 30652, frame 816
Altman, Baruch YosefLiveu Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 25, 2015
Reel 35286, frame 288
Liveu Ltd.Silicon Valley Bank; Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) LimitedFirst Amendment to Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Mar 25, 2015
Reel 35286, frame 332
Liveu Ltd.Silicon Valley BankFirst Amendment to Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Mar 25, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Liveu Ltd.Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) LimitedFirst Amendment to Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Jul 13, 2016
Reel 39326, frame 210
Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) LimitedLiveu Ltd.Termination of Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Mar 28, 2018
Reel 45748, frame 787
Silicon Valley BankLiveu Inc.; Liveu Ltd.Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Mar 28, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Silicon Valley BankLiveu Inc.Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Mar 28, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Silicon Valley BankLiveu Ltd.Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Jul 11, 2019
Reel 49737, frame 70
Live U Ltd.Lucid Trustee Services LimitedSecurity Interest
Sep 1, 2021
Reel 57355, frame 893
Lucid Trustee Services LimitedLiveu Ltd.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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