Also listed on Lucent Technologies Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 19, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 29, 2023
Held by Alcatel Lucent
Filed Jul 29, 2003 as application 10/629,486 · Granted Dec 23, 2014
Base term plus 1209 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2003
2026
Clock starts
Jul 29, 2003
Jul 29, 2003
Term ends
Nov 19, 2026
Nov 19, 2026
Granted
Dec 23, 2014
Dec 23, 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
1,209
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
2
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 1209 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 29, 2003, when this application, 10/629,486, was filed | Jul 29, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1209 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 19, 2026 | 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 | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 19, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,918,316 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 9,336,794 | Term ended Jul 2023 | Jul 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2004 Reel 15256, frame 234 | Ben, Jan I.; Burges, Christopher J.; Mousavi, Madjid Sam; Nohl, Craig R. | Lucent Technologies Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 7, 2013 Reel 30510, frame 627 | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. | Credit Suisse AG | Security Interest |
| Oct 9, 2014 Reel 33949, frame 16 | Credit Suisse AG | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 23, 2014 Reel 34018, frame 640 | Alcatel USA Marketing, Inc.; Alcatel USA Sourcing, Inc.; Lucent Technologies Inc.; Lucent Technologies Inc. | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Dec 3, 2014 Reel 34357, frame 111 | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. | Alcatel Lucent | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 19, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1209 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
89
later US patents cite this one
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