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Carrier Configuration in Wireless Networks

US 9,179,457 In force
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Term ends Dec 10, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Jun 17, 2013 as application 13/920,009 · Granted Nov 3, 2015
Base term plus 176 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Jun 17, 2013
Term ends
Dec 10, 2033
Granted
Nov 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
176
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,107,206, to Dec 10, 2033. 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.
16
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 runs 176 days past its 20-year base term on 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: High. 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 17, 2013, when this application, 13/920,009, was filedJun 17, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+176 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 10, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,107,206)resolves to Dec 10, 2033, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 10, 2033High confidence

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8 of 16 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
Dec 5, 2014
Reel 34397, frame 673
Dinan, EsmaelOfinno Technologies, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 17, 2016
Reel 39709, frame 922
Ofinno Technologies, LLCComcast Cable Communications, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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