Term ends Oct 9, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 9, 2035
Held by Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
Filed Oct 9, 2015 as application 14/879,149 · Granted Dec 13, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
Oct 9, 2015
Oct 9, 2015
Term ends
Oct 9, 2035
Oct 9, 2035
Granted
Dec 13, 2016
Dec 13, 2016
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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.
5
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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 9, 2015, when this application, 14/879,149, was filed | Oct 9, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Oct 9, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,519,162 | this patent Oct 2035 | Oct 2035 |
| US 9,874,767 | In force Oct 2035 | Oct 2035 |
| US 10,451,903 | In force Oct 2035 | Oct 2035 |
| US 10,656,441 | In force Oct 2035 | Oct 2035 |
| US 11,209,674 | In force Oct 2035 | Oct 2035 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2015 Reel 36762, frame 926 | Ding, Ran; Baehr-jones, Thomas Wetteland; Magill, Peter D.; Hochberg, Michael J.; Rylyakov, Alexander | Coriant Advanced Technology, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 8, 2016 Reel 40852, frame 121 | Coriant Advanced Technology, LLC | Elenion Technologies, LLC | Change of Name |
| Apr 16, 2018 Reel 45959, frame 1 | Elenion Technologies Corporation | Eastward Fund Management, LLC | Security Interest |
| Feb 8, 2019 Reel 48289, frame 60 | Elenion Technologies, LLC; Elenion Technologies Corporation | Hercules Capital Inc., as Agent | Security Interest |
| Feb 8, 2019 Reel 48290, frame 70 | Eastward Fund Management, LLC | Elenion Technologies Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 27, 2020 Reel 52251, frame 186 | Hercules Capital, Inc. | Elenion Technologies Corporation; Elenion Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 27, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Hercules Capital, Inc. | Elenion Technologies Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 27, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Hercules Capital, Inc. | Elenion Technologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 10, 2023 Reel 63272, frame 876 | Elenion Technologies LLC | Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Oct 2035
Term ends Oct 9, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
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