Freeing transmit memory on a network interface device prior to receiving an acknowledgment that transmit data has been received by a remote device

US 9,055,104 In force

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Term ended Nov 4, 2026 · From the USPTO record

Computed 20-year base term

Named at grant Alacritech, Inc. · find this owner

Filed May 22, 2009 as application 12/470,980 · Granted Jun 9, 2015

Base term plus 1300 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

20 years from filing

Term ended Nov 4, 2026

2003 2026

Clock starts
Apr 14, 2003

Term ended
Nov 4, 2026

Granted
Jun 9, 2015

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

1,300

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 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.

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 Apr 14, 2003, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed May 22, 2009)	Apr 14, 2023	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+1300 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Nov 4, 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	No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds	In force	Medium confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Nov 4, 2026	From the USPTO record

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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.

Freeing transmit memory on a network interface device prior to receiving an acknowledgment that transmit data has been received by a remote device

Term ended Nov 4, 2026 · From the USPTO record

20-year base term ended Apr 14, 2023

How we calculated this date

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