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Neighborhood node mapping methods and apparatus for ingress mitigation in cable communication systems

US 8,948,596 In force
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Term ends Nov 25, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Jun 30, 2012 as application 13/539,383 · Granted Feb 3, 2015
Base term plus 148 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Jun 30, 2012
Term ends
Nov 25, 2032
Granted
Feb 3, 2015
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
148
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.
12
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 148 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 30, 2012, when this application, 13/539,383, was filedJun 30, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+148 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 25, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 25, 2032High confidence

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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
Sep 24, 2012
Reel 29011, frame 576
Nielsen, Steven; Totten, Ronald; Halky, TravisCertusview Technologies, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

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