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Time-Reversal Wireless Paradigm for Internet of Things

US 9,226,304 In force
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Term ends Apr 5, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Mar 10, 2014 as application 14/202,651 · Granted Dec 29, 2015
Base term plus 26 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Mar 10, 2014
Term ends
Apr 5, 2034
Granted
Dec 29, 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
26
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.
122
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 26 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Mar 10, 2014, when this application, 14/202,651, was filedMar 10, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+26 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 5, 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 orderApr 5, 2034High confidence

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US 9,883,511In force
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US 9,226,304this patent
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US 9,407,306In force
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Application 14/445,268Abandoned
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US 10,006,246In force
Jul 2034
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8 of 122 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
Mar 11, 2014
Reel 32400, frame 830
Chen, Yan; Ma, Hang; Han, Yi; Lai, Hung-quoc; Liu, K. J. RayOrigin Wireless Communications, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 28, 2015
Reel 36699, frame 736
Origin Wireless Communications, Inc.Origin Wireless, Inc.Change of Name
Jun 2, 2024
Reel 67588, frame 592
Origin Wireless, Inc.Origin Research Wireless, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

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

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