Lapsed Sep 9, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 27, 2027
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by A9 Com, Inc.
Filed Nov 9, 2010 as application 12/942,134 · Granted Sep 9, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 853 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Sep 9, 2022
2007
2029
Clock starts
Mar 27, 2007
Mar 27, 2007
No longer in force
Sep 9, 2022
Sep 9, 2022
Granted
Sep 9, 2014
Sep 9, 2014
Term would have run to
Jul 27, 2029
Jul 27, 2029
base term
patent term adjustment
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
853
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
50
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 Jul 27, 2029: its 20-year base term plus 853 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Mar 27, 2007, when application 11/692,075, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 9, 2010) | Mar 27, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +853 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 27, 2029 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Sep 9, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 9, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,203,445 | In force Sep 2029 | Sep 2029 |
| US 8,669,716 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 |
| US 8,033,686 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2023 | Oct 2023 |
| US 8,362,713 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| US 8,491,159 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 8,519,566 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2021 | Aug 2021 |
| US 8,829,799 | this patent Sep 2022 | Sep 2022 |
| US 8,415,901 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
8 of 50 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2011 Reel 26057, frame 294 | Recker, Michael V.; Levine, David B. | Wireless Environment, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 10, 2017 Reel 42227, frame 832 | Wireless Environment, LLC | Citizens Bank, N. A. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 10, 2017 Reel 44166, frame 789 | Citizens Bank National Association, Secured Party | Wireless Environment, LLC | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel/Frame 042227/0832 |
| Dec 10, 2018 Reel 48695, frame 493 | Ring LLC | A9 Com, Inc. | Bill of Sale |
| Dec 10, 2018 Reel 48737, frame 379 | Wireless Environment, LLC | Ring LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 853 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
782
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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