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Centralized Status Server for Call Management of Location-Aware Mobile Devices

US 9,258,673 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 14, 2023 (Bank of America, N.A.).

Term ends Sep 24, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Sep 26, 2011 as application 13/245,837 · Granted Feb 9, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2028
Clock starts
Sep 24, 2008
Term ends
Sep 24, 2028
Granted
Feb 9, 2016
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,838,082, to Sep 24, 2028. 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.
10
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 Sep 24, 2008, when application 12/237,181, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 26, 2011)Sep 24, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,838,082)resolves to Sep 24, 2028, 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 orderSep 24, 2028High confidence

This family

US 8,670,545In force
Sep 2028
Sep 2028
Application PCT/US2008/077683PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 8,600,391In force
Nov 2031
Nov 2031
Application PCT/US2009/065036PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 8,838,082In force
Jun 2031
Jun 2031
US 9,258,673this patent
Sep 2028
Sep 2028
US 8,213,587In force
Sep 2028
Sep 2028
US 8,548,143In force
no later than Sep 2028
no later than Sep 2028
8 of 10 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 13, 2011
Reel 27370, frame 642
Vendrow, Vlad; Young, Bruce; Shah, Praful; Elpiner, Boris; Shmunis, VladimirRingCentral, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 18, 2013
Reel 31433, frame 612
RingCentral, Inc.RingCentral, Inc.Merger
Feb 14, 2023
Reel 62973, frame 194
RingCentral, Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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