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Cable Communication Systems and Methods Employing Qam Upstream Channels Below 16.4 MHZ for Increased Aggregate Deployed Upstream Capacity

US 9,088,310 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Jun 30, 2032 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,532,488), so the cap could be lower.

Filed Sep 9, 2013 as application 14/022,096 · Granted Jul 21, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Jun 30, 2012
Term ends
Jun 30, 2032
Granted
Jul 21, 2015
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,532,488, US 8,543,003, US 8,977,132, to Jun 30, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. from the record

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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 30, 2012, when application 13/539,383, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 9, 2013)Jun 30, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,532,488, US 8,543,003, US 8,977,132)resolves to Jun 30, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no changeMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 30, 2032Medium confidence

This family

US 8,948,596In force
Nov 2032
Nov 2032
US 8,543,003Lapsed on the fee record
Sep 2025
Sep 2025
US 8,578,437Lapsed on the fee record
Nov 2021
Nov 2021
US 8,811,191Lapsed on the fee record
Aug 2026
Aug 2026
US 8,650,606Lapsed on the fee record
Feb 2026
Feb 2026
US 8,532,488Lapsed on the fee record
Sep 2025
Sep 2025
US 9,019,855In force
Jun 2032
Jun 2032
US 9,088,310this patent
Jun 2032
Jun 2032
8 of 12 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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
Sep 26, 2013
Reel 31283, frame 758
Nielsen, Steven; Totten, Ronald; Halky, TravisCertusview Technologies, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

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