Method and Apparatus for Disabling the RF Functionality of a Multi-Function Wireless Communication Device While Maintaining Access to Local Functionality

US 9,055,426 Term ended

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Term ended Dec 22, 2020 · Medium confidence

Computed 20-year base term

USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Jul 17, 2023.

Held by Wireless Switch IP, LLC

Filed Mar 10, 2014 as application 14/202,566 · Granted Jun 9, 2015

Base term, 20 years from filing

Today

20 years from filing

Term ended Dec 22, 2020

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Clock starts
Dec 22, 2000

Term ended
Dec 22, 2020

Granted
Jun 9, 2015

base term 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

None

Term adjustment

No prosecution delay on this record.

No effect

Terminal disclaimer

Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,647,070, US 8,019,384, US 8,175,642, US 8,706,161, to Dec 22, 2020. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.

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Maintenance fees paid

One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it 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 Dec 22, 2000, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Mar 10, 2014); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)	Dec 22, 2020	High confidence
Continuity chain	A parent in the chain could not be resolved	dated from this application's own claim	Medium confidence
Patent term adjustment	None on file	no change	High confidence
Terminal disclaimer cap	Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,647,070, US 8,019,384, US 8,175,642, US 8,706,161)	resolves to Dec 22, 2020, no earlier than this term, so no change	Medium confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Fee events	1 of 1 maintenance fees paid	term ended	High confidence
USPTO status record	Recorded as expired for non-payment on Jul 17, 2023, after the term ended	no change	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Dec 22, 2020	Medium confidence

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Method and Apparatus for Disabling the RF Functionality of a Multi-Function Wireless Communication Device While Maintaining Access to Local Functionality

Term ended Dec 22, 2020 · Medium confidence

20-year base term ended Dec 22, 2020

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