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Advanced Network Characterization and Migration

US 9,736,748 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Ipass IP LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Dec 31, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Nov 16, 2015 as application 14/942,785 · Granted Aug 15, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Dec 31, 2012
Term ends
Dec 31, 2032
Granted
Aug 15, 2017
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,191,874, to Dec 31, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
2
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Dec 31, 2012, when application 13/732,226, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 16, 2015)Dec 31, 2032High 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 9,191,874)resolves to Dec 31, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 31, 2032High confidence

This family

US 9,191,874In force
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
US 9,736,748this patent
Dec 2032
Dec 2032
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
Jun 17, 2016
Reel 38942, frame 285
Marmolejo-meillon, Luis G.; Nelson, Barbara; Underwood, James M.Ipass Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 14, 2018
Reel 46094, frame 323
Ipass Inc.Fortress Credit Corp.Security Interest
Jun 20, 2018
Reel 46148, frame 555
Ipass Inc.Ipass IP LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 21, 2018
Reel 46170, frame 457
Ipass Inc.; Ipass IP LLCFortress Credit Corp.; Fip Ust LP; DBD Credit Funding LLCSecurity Interest
Jun 21, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Ipass Inc.; Ipass IP LLCFortress Credit Corp.Security Interest
Jun 21, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Ipass Inc.; Ipass IP LLCFip Ust LPSecurity Interest
Jun 21, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Ipass Inc.; Ipass IP LLCDBD Credit Funding LLCSecurity Interest
Feb 28, 2019
Reel 48462, frame 641
Ipass IP LLCPost Road Administrative LLCSecurity Interest
Mar 5, 2019
Reel 48503, frame 518
Fortress Credit Corp.Ipass Inc.Release of Security Interest
Apr 29, 2020
Reel 52525, frame 357
Post Road Administrative LLCIpass IP LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 4, 2020
Reel 52564, frame 488
Fip Ust LP; DBD Credit Funding, LLCIpass Inc.; Ipass IP LLCRelease of Security Interest
May 4, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
DBD Credit Funding, LLC; Fip Ust LPIpass Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 4, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
DBD Credit Funding, LLC; Fip Ust LPIpass IP LLCRelease of Security Interest
Jun 9, 2020
Reel 52888, frame 728
Ipass IP LLCHigh Trail Investments S.A. LLC, as Collateral AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Jun 13, 2023
Reel 63988, frame 501
Pareteum Corporation; Pareteum North America Corporation; Devicescape Holdings, Inc.; Ipass, Inc.; Ipass IP LLC; Pareteum Europe B.V.; Artilium Group Ltd.; Pareteum N.V.; Pareteum Asia Pte. Ltd.Channel Ventures Group, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 30, 2023
Reel 64180, frame 440
Channel Ventures Group, LLCChannel IP B.V.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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