Term ends Jul 8, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 7, 2031
Held by MDSP Technologies, LLC
Filed Oct 7, 2011 as application 13/269,426 · Granted Jan 19, 2016
Base term plus 1005 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2034
Clock starts
Oct 7, 2011
Oct 7, 2011
Term ends
Jul 8, 2034
Jul 8, 2034
Granted
Jan 19, 2016
Jan 19, 2016
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
1,005
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.
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 runs 1005 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 7, 2011, when this application, 13/269,426, was filed | Oct 7, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1005 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 8, 2034 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 8, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,511,662 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2007/066639 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,916,074 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 |
| Application 13/029,966 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,239,376 | this patent Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 9,097,783 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2019 | Aug 2019 |
| Application PCT/US2013/021986 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,658,341 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2011 Reel 27132, frame 347 | Mathews, Michael B.; Macdoran, Peter F. | Loctronix Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 15, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Loctronix Corporation | Mathews, Jerome E. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 15, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Loctronix Corporation | Aas, David | Security Agreement |
| Jan 15, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Loctronix Corporation | Davis, Thomas C. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 15, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Loctronix Corporation | Engenex Technologies LLC | Security Agreement |
| Jan 15, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Loctronix Corporation | Hawkeye Investments LLC | Security Agreement |
| Jan 15, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Loctronix Corporation | Hawkeye Investments II LLC | Security Agreement |
| Jan 15, 2013 Reel 29627, frame 645 | Loctronix Corporation | Mathews, Jerome E.; Aas, David; Davis, Thomas C.; Engenex Technologies LLC; Hawkeye Investments LLC; Hawkeye Investments II LLC | Security Agreement |
| Jun 1, 2015 Reel 35758, frame 620 | Mathews, Jerome E.; Aas, David; Davis, Thomas C.; Engenex Technologies LLC; Hawkeye Investments LLC; Hawkeye Investments II LLC | Loctronix Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 18, 2015 Reel 35862, frame 44 | Loctronix Corporation | Telecommunication Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 12, 2024 Reel 67089, frame 19 | Telecommunication Systems, Inc. | MDSP Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jul 2034
Term ends Jul 8, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1005 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.