Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 18, 2024 (TCW Asset Management Company LLC).
Term ends Feb 11, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 6, 2027
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Telecommunication Systems, Inc.
Filed May 17, 2013 as application 13/897,278 · Granted May 23, 2017
Base term plus 1042 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2030
Clock starts
Apr 6, 2007
Apr 6, 2007
Term ends
Feb 11, 2030
Feb 11, 2030
Granted
May 23, 2017
May 23, 2017
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,042
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.
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 runs 1042 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Apr 6, 2007, when application 11/697,575, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 17, 2013); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 6, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1042 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 11, 2030 | 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 | Feb 11, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,511,662 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2007/066639 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,916,074 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 |
| Application 13/029,966 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,239,376 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 9,097,783 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2019 | Aug 2019 |
| Application PCT/US2013/021986 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,658,341 | this patent Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2013 Reel 30438, frame 489 | Mathews, Michael B.; Macdoran, Peter F. | Loctronix Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 18, 2015 Reel 35862, frame 44 | Loctronix Corporation | Telecommunication Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 16, 2018 Reel 48104, frame 80 | Comtech Telecommunications Corp.; Comtech Ef Data Corp.; Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc.; Comtech Systems, Inc.; Comtech PST Corp.; Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation; Angels Acquisition Corp.; Armer Communications Engineering Services, Inc.; Comtech Aeroastro, Inc.; Comtech Antenna Systems, Inc.; Comtech Communications Corp.; Comtech Comstream, Inc.; Comtech Systems International, Inc.; Comtech Tolt Technologies, Inc.; Tiernan Radyne Comstream, Inc.; Comtech CPI Electron Devices Corp.; Comtech CPI Microwave Corp.; Telecommunication Systems, Inc.; Networks in Motion, Inc.; Solvern Innovations, Inc.; Microdata, LLC; Microdata Gis, Inc.; Maple Acquisition LLC; Nextgen Communications, Inc., a Corporation of Maryland; Nextgen Communications, Inc., a Corporation of Virginia; Olive Acquisition LLC | Citibank, N.a. | Security Interest |
| Jun 18, 2024 Reel 67776, frame 309 | Telecommunication Systems, Inc. | TCW Asset Management Company LLC, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 19, 2024 Reel 67780, frame 444 | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Comtech Telecommunications Corp.; Comtech Ef Data Corp.; Comtech Mobile Datacom LLC; Comtech Satellite Network Technologies, Inc.; Comtech Systems, Inc.; Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc.; Maple Acquisition LLC; Telecommunication Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 048104/FRAME 0080 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Comtech Telecommunications Corp. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 048104/FRAME 0080 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Comtech Ef Data Corp. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 048104/FRAME 0080 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Comtech Mobile Datacom LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 048104/FRAME 0080 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Comtech Satellite Network Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 048104/FRAME 0080 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Comtech Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 048104/FRAME 0080 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 048104/FRAME 0080 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Maple Acquisition LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 048104/FRAME 0080 |
| Jun 19, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Telecommunication Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at Reel 048104/FRAME 0080 |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2030
Term ends Feb 11, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1042 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
174
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2017 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.