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Heterogeneous Mesh Network and a Multi-RAT Node Used Therein

US 8,879,416 Grace period ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 8, 2026 (Acquiom Agency Services LLC).

Term ends May 13, 2033 · Low confidence

Grace period ended Nov 4, 2026 · no payment on record as of the Nov 10, 2026 fee file · lapse expected

Filed May 8, 2013 as application 13/889,631 · Granted Nov 4, 2014
Base term plus 5 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
May 8, 2013
Term ends
May 13, 2033
Granted
Nov 4, 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
5
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
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 runs 5 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low: the grace period for its third maintenance fee ended Nov 4, 2026 with no payment on record. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 8, 2013, when this application, 13/889,631, was filedMay 8, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+5 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 13, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds; the fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case"; the grace period ended with no payment on record in the fee filegrace period ended Nov 4, 2026Low confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 13, 2033Low confidence

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US 8,879,416this patent
May 2033
May 2033
Application PCT/US2013/061677PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,412,590In force
May 2033
May 2033
US 10,869,201In force
May 2033
May 2033
US 11,653,215In force
May 2035
May 2035
Application 17/123,096Abandoned
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not computed
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 22, 2013
Reel 31064, frame 962
Mishra, Rajesh Kumar; Donepudi, Sridhar; Papa, Steven Paul; Agarwal, KaitkiParallel Wireless, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 21, 2015
Reel 34768, frame 298
Mishra, Rajesh Kumar; Agarwal, Kaitki; Donepudi, Sridhar; Papa, Steven PaulParallel Wireless Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 5, 2016
Reel 40239, frame 888
Parallel Wireless, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc.Security Interest
Oct 5, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Parallel Wireless, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.Security Interest
Oct 5, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Parallel Wireless, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc.Security Interest
Jan 2, 2020
Reel 51459, frame 959
Parallel Wireless, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing IX, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc.Security Interest
Jan 2, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Parallel Wireless, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing IX, Inc.Security Interest
Jan 2, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Parallel Wireless, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc.Security Interest
Mar 1, 2022
Reel 59279, frame 851
Parallel Wireless, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing IX, Inc.; Wti Fund X, Inc.Security Interest
Mar 1, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Parallel Wireless, Inc.Venture Lending & Leasing IX, Inc.Security Interest
Mar 1, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Parallel Wireless, Inc.Wti Fund X, Inc.Security Interest
Jul 1, 2022
Reel 60562, frame 569
Venture Lending & Leasing VII, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc.Parallel Wireless, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 8, 2022
Reel 60828, frame 394
Venture Lending & Leasing IX, Inc.; Venture Lending & Leasing VIII, Inc.Parallel Wireless, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 12, 2022
Reel 60900, frame 22
Venture Lending & Leasing IX, Inc.; Wti Fund X, Inc.Parallel Wireless, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 8, 2026
Reel 76381, frame 285
Parallel Wireless, Inc.Acquiom Agency Services LLCSecurity Interest

Sources

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