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Systems, Structures and Associated Processes for Optimization of State Transitions within Wireless Networks

US 9,338,674 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed May 10, 2024 on the fee record · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Dec 11, 2014 as application 14/568,001 · Granted May 10, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed May 10, 2024
2009 2029
Clock starts
Dec 7, 2009
No longer in force
May 10, 2024
Granted
May 10, 2016
Term would have run to
Dec 7, 2029
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
1 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.

Its term would have run to Dec 7, 2029: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. Confidence: Medium. 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 Dec 7, 2009, when application 12/632,700, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 11, 2014)Dec 7, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed May 10, 2024High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 10, 2024Medium confidence

This family

US 8,351,358In force
Apr 2031
Apr 2031
US 8,917,641In force
no later than Dec 2029
no later than Dec 2029
US 9,338,674this patent
May 2024
May 2024
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
Jan 7, 2015
Reel 34657, frame 766
Ketheesan, Kanapathipillai; Ramadas, Krishna; Jayanathan, Chico; Choi, DavidVenturi Wireless, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 7, 2015
Reel 34657, frame 791
Venturi Wireless, Inc.Venturi IP LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 7, 2016
Reel 38223, frame 760
Venturi IP LLCVenturi Wireless, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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