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Wireless Local Area Network Antenna Array

US 9,666,933 Term ended
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Term ended Mar 9, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Feb 24, 2015 as application 14/630,583 · Granted May 30, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Mar 9, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Mar 9, 2006
Term ended
Mar 9, 2026
Granted
May 30, 2017
base term after the term ends 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,963,792, to Mar 9, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
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Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 9, 2006, when application PCT/US2006/008747, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 24, 2015)Mar 9, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,963,792)resolves to Mar 9, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 9, 2026High confidence

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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
Jul 10, 2015
Reel 36062, frame 210
Xirrus, Inc. (as Grantor)Triplepoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. (as Grantee); Triplepoint Capital LLC (as Grantee)Security Interest
Jul 10, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Xirrus, Inc. (as Grantor)Triplepoint Venture Growth BDC Corp. (as Grantee)Security Interest
Jul 10, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Xirrus, Inc. (as Grantor)Triplepoint Capital LLC (as Grantee)Security Interest
Mar 18, 2016
Reel 38036, frame 918
Hartenstein, AbrahamXirrus, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 20, 2016
Reel 38662, frame 731
Xirrus, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Interest
May 2, 2017
Reel 42388, frame 79
Silicon Valley BankXirrus, Inc.Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement Recorded at Reel 038662/FRAME 0731
May 2, 2017
Reel 42388, frame 949
Triplepoint Venture Growth BDC Corp., as Assignee of Triplepoint Capital LLCXirrus, Inc.Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel 036062/FRAME 0210
Sep 18, 2018
Reel 47100, frame 874
Xirrus, Inc.Xirrus LLCConversion to Limited Liability Company
Oct 2, 2018
Reel 47706, frame 936
Xirrus LLCRiverbed Technology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 10, 2019
Reel 49720, frame 808
Riverbed Technology, Inc.Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Aug 8, 2019
Reel 50016, frame 600
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.Riverbed Technology, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Certain Patents
Feb 11, 2020
Reel 51894, frame 194
Riverbed Technology, Inc.Cambium Networks, Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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