Term ends Nov 17, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 29, 2032
Held by Alcatel Lucent
Filed Sep 4, 2012 as application 13/602,579 · Granted Sep 30, 2014
Base term plus 172 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
May 29, 2012
May 29, 2012
Term ends
Nov 17, 2032
Nov 17, 2032
Granted
Sep 30, 2014
Sep 30, 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
172
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.
18
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 172 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 May 29, 2012, when applications 13/482,597 and 13/482,690, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Sep 4, 2012) | May 29, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +172 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 17, 2032 | 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 | Nov 17, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,804,931 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| US 8,797,902 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| Application 13/482,690 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,929,238 | In force Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| US 8,923,204 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| US 8,850,064 | this patent Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 9,112,800 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2019 | Aug 2019 |
| US 9,172,610 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2019 | Oct 2019 |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2012 Reel 28892, frame 387 | Mann, Robert A.; Jorgensen, Peter K. | Alcatel-Lucent Canada Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 30, 2013 Reel 29826, frame 927 | Alcatel-Lucent Canada Inc. | Credit Suisse AG | Security Interest |
| Oct 16, 2013 Reel 31414, frame 216 | Alcatel-Lucent Canada Inc. | Alcatel Lucent | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 4, 2014 Reel 33686, frame 798 | Credit Suisse AG | Alcatel-Lucent Canada Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2032
Term ends Nov 17, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 172 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
92
later US patents cite this one
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