Term ended Jul 29, 2023 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 29, 2023
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Jun 17, 2024.
Held by Alcatel Lucent
Filed Nov 11, 2014 as application 14/538,450 · Granted May 10, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Jul 29, 2023
2003
2026
Clock starts
Jul 29, 2003
Jul 29, 2003
Term ended
Jul 29, 2023
Jul 29, 2023
Granted
May 10, 2016
May 10, 2016
base term
after the term ends
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 8,918,316, to Jul 29, 2023. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
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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. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 29, 2003, when application 10/629,486, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 11, 2014) | Jul 29, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,918,316) | resolves to Jul 29, 2023, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on Jun 17, 2024, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 29, 2023 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,918,316 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 9,336,794 | this patent Jul 2023 | Jul 2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Alcatel USA Marketing, Inc.; Alcatel USA Sourcing, Inc.; Lucent Technologies Inc.; Lucent Technologies Inc. | Lucent Technologies Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Jan 8, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Alcatel USA Marketing, Inc.; Alcatel USA Sourcing, Inc.; Lucent Technologies Inc.; Lucent Technologies Inc. | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Jan 8, 2015 Reel 34661, frame 464 | Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. | Alcatel Lucent | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 8, 2015 Reel 34661, frame 443 | Alcatel USA Marketing, Inc.; Alcatel USA Sourcing, Inc.; Lucent Technologies Inc.; Lucent Technologies Inc. | Lucent Technologies Inc.; Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Jan 23, 2015 Reel 34795, frame 96 | Ben, Jan I.; Burges, Christopher J.; Mousavi, Madjid Sam; Nohl, Craig R. | Lucent Technologies Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,918,316, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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