Also listed on Mci, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 11, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 28, 2026
Filed Jul 28, 2006 as application 11/460,750 · Granted Aug 5, 2014
Base term plus 1597 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2030
Clock starts
Jul 28, 2006
Jul 28, 2006
Term ends
Dec 11, 2030
Dec 11, 2030
Granted
Aug 5, 2014
Aug 5, 2014
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,597
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.
7
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 1597 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 28, 2006, when this application, 11/460,750, was filed | Jul 28, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1597 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 11, 2030 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 11, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,798,253 | this patent Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| US 7,792,275 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,234,388 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| Application PCT/US2007/085688 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2007/086715 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,644,460 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| US 8,918,526 | In force Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 2006 Reel 18538, frame 378 | McClain, Richard Lee | Mci Communications Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 12, 2006 Reel 18620, frame 235 | Lass, Steven L.; McClain, Richard L. | Mci, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 21, 2007 Reel 19041, frame 52 | Mci, LLC | Verizon Business Global LLC | Change of Name |
| Nov 2, 2009 Reel 23455, frame 210 | Verizon Business Global LLC | Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 27, 2014 Reel 33197, frame 681 | Allen, Curtis E.; Crable, Phillip D.; Gregorat, Mariafranca; Paiement, Sandra A.; Dwight, Timothy; Verlare, James L.; Tai, Yung-hwa; Welch, Gregory; Raps, Yaron | Mci, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2030
Term ends Dec 11, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1597 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
60
later US patents cite this one
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