Term ends Sep 9, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 13, 2028
Held by Via Telecom Co., Ltd.
Filed May 13, 2008 as application 12/119,643 · Granted Jun 7, 2016
Base term plus 1214 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2031
Clock starts
May 13, 2008
May 13, 2008
Term ends
Sep 9, 2031
Sep 9, 2031
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
1,214
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.
This patent's term runs 1214 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 May 13, 2008, when this application, 12/119,643, was filed | May 13, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1214 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 9, 2031 | 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 | Sep 9, 2031 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2008 reel/frame not recorded | Czaja, Stanislaw; Davis, Mark E.; Lee, Anthony | Via Telecom Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 13, 2008 reel/frame not recorded | Czaja, Stanislaw; Davis, Mark E.; Lee, Anthony | Ipcomm | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 13, 2008 Reel 20939, frame 237 | Czaja, Stanislaw; Davis, Mark E.; Lee, Anthony | Via Telecom Inc.; Ipcomm | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 6, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Ipcomm; Via Telecom, Inc.; Kim, Sang Gook; Sun, Li-hsiang | Via Telecom, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 6, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Ipcomm; Via Telecom, Inc.; Kim, Sang Gook; Sun, Li-hsiang | Ipcomm | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 6, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Ipcomm; Via Telecom, Inc.; Kim, Sang Gook; Sun, Li-hsiang | LG Electronics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 6, 2010 Reel 24192, frame 300 | Via Telecom, Inc.; Ipcomm; Kim, Sang Gook; Sun, Li-hsiang | Via Telecom, Inc.; Ipcomm; LG Electronics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 10, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | LG Electronics, Inc. | Via Telecom, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 10, 2012 reel/frame not recorded | LG Electronics, Inc. | Ipcomm | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 10, 2012 Reel 28765, frame 848 | LG Electronics, Inc. | Via Telecom, Inc.; Ipcomm | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 1, 2022 Reel 61937, frame 127 | Via Telecom, Inc. | Via Telecom Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Sep 2031
Term ends Sep 9, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1214 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
48
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
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.