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Fail-safe communication systems and methods

US 9,203,691 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 15, 2015 (Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Ltd.).

Term ends Jul 1, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Jun 20, 2012 as application 13/527,927 · Granted Dec 1, 2015
Base term plus 670 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2032
Clock starts
Aug 31, 2010
Term ends
Jul 1, 2032
Granted
Dec 1, 2015
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
670
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
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 670 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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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 31, 2010, when application 12/873,105, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 20, 2012)Aug 31, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+670 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 1, 2032High 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 orderJul 1, 2032High confidence

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Jul 2032
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US 9,774,076In force
Feb 2034
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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
Jun 18, 2013
Reel 30632, frame 881
Leiba, Yigal; Schwarz, Baruch; Pickholz, ArielSiklu Communication Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 15, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Siklu Communication Ltd.Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) LimitedSecurity Interest
Mar 15, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Siklu Communication Ltd.Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Ltd.Security Interest
Mar 15, 2015
Reel 35167, frame 808
Siklu Communication Ltd.Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) Limited; Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Ltd.Security Interest
Dec 5, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Siklu Communication Ltd.Kreos Capital V (Expert Fund) L.P.Security Interest
Dec 5, 2016
reel/frame not recorded
Siklu Communication Ltd.Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Ltd.Security Interest
Dec 5, 2016
Reel 40511, frame 604
Siklu Communication Ltd.Kreos Capital V (Expert Fund) L.P.; Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Ltd.Security Interest
Sep 24, 2020
Reel 53865, frame 361
Kreos Capital IV (Expert Fund) Limited; Kreos Capital V (Expert Fund) L.P.Siklu Communication Ltd.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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