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Multiple-Port Signal Boosters

US 9,444,543 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 11, 2017 (ZB, N.A. Dba Zions Bank).

Term ends Jul 23, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Apr 17, 2015 as application 14/689,714 · Granted Sep 13, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Jul 23, 2014
Term ends
Jul 23, 2034
Granted
Sep 13, 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
12
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. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 23, 2014, when application 14/339,098, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 17, 2015)Jul 23, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 23, 2034High confidence

This family

Application 14/163,566Abandoned
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US 9,054,664In force
Jul 2034
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US 9,444,543this patent
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Application PCT/US2015/041720PCT application
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Application 14/883,539Abandoned
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Application 15/439,554Abandoned
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Application 16/175,670Abandoned
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Application 16/555,954Abandoned
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8 of 12 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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
Apr 17, 2015
Reel 35438, frame 453
Ashworth, Christopher K.; Van Buren, Vernon A.Wilson Electronics, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 11, 2017
Reel 43549, frame 412
Wilson Electronics, LLCZB, N.A. Dba Zions Bank, as AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 3, 2022
Reel 60269, frame 1
Wilson Electronics, LLC; Zboost, LLCSound Point Agency LLCSecurity Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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