Also listed on Evolution Broadband, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jun 5, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 17, 2028
Held by PPC Broadband, Inc.
Filed Jul 17, 2008 as application 12/175,366 · Granted Jun 7, 2016
Base term plus 1419 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2032
Clock starts
Jul 17, 2008
Jul 17, 2008
Term ends
Jun 5, 2032
Jun 5, 2032
Granted
Jun 7, 2016
Jun 7, 2016
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,419
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.
3
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 1419 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 Jul 17, 2008, when this application, 12/175,366, was filed | Jul 17, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1419 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 5, 2032 | 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 | Jun 5, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,363,469 | this patent Jun 2032 | Jun 2032 |
| US 9,769,418 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| US 10,257,462 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2023 | Apr 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2008 Reel 21255, frame 851 | Wells, Chad T. | Evolution Broadband, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 4, 2010 Reel 24486, frame 886 | Evolution Broadband LLC | John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 12, 2013 Reel 29800, frame 479 | John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc. | MR Advisers Limited | Change of Name |
| Feb 13, 2013 Reel 29803, frame 437 | MR Advisers Limited | PPC Broadband, Inc. | Change of Name |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2032
Term ends Jun 5, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1419 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
65
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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