Term ends Mar 7, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 7, 2027
Held by Wi-Lan Inc.
Filed Dec 27, 2012 as application 13/728,389 · Granted May 17, 2016
Base term plus 119 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Mar 7, 2007
Mar 7, 2007
Term ends
Mar 7, 2027
Mar 7, 2027
Granted
May 17, 2016
May 17, 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
119
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,167,560.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
8
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 119 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 2 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 Mar 7, 2007, when application 11/683,314, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 27, 2012) | Mar 7, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +119 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 4, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,167,560) | capped to Mar 7, 2027 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 7, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,130,699 | In force Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2008/055456 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,167,560 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 9,344,998 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 9,854,577 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| Application 15/843,499 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,192,124 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| Application 19/010,879 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2013 Reel 31020, frame 203 | Stanwood, Kenneth L.; Khalona, Ramon; Wang, Lei; Bourlas, Yair; Marsh, Gene W.; Gilmore, Robert P.; Porat, Ron; Piggin, Paul W. | Nextwave Broadband Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 15, 2013 Reel 31020, frame 730 | Nextwave Broadband Inc. | Wi-Lan Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 20, 2017 Reel 42914, frame 596 | Wi-Lan Inc.; Quarterhill Inc. | Quarterhill Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Jul 12, 2017 Reel 43168, frame 323 | Quarterhill Inc. | Wi-Lan Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Mar 2027
Term ends Mar 7, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 119 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,167,560.
Citations
7
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.