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Method and System for Inter-Cell Interference Coordination in Wireless Networks

US 9,172,515 In force
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Term ends Feb 17, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Feb 4, 2014 as application 14/172,381 · Granted Oct 27, 2015
Base term plus 13 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Feb 4, 2014
Term ends
Feb 17, 2034
Granted
Oct 27, 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
13
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.
3
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This patent's term runs 13 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 4, 2014, when this application, 14/172,381, was filedFeb 4, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+13 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 17, 2034High 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 orderFeb 17, 2034High 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
Feb 5, 2014
Reel 32142, frame 637
Chaudhuri, Saptarshi; Baig, IrfanWipro LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest

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