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Verifying a First Device Is in Communications with a Server by Storing a Value from the First Device and Accessing the Value from a Second Device

US 9,767,640 In force
OverviewFamilySources & methods

Term ends Nov 15, 2026 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 7,942,740), so the cap could be lower.

Held by CFPH, LLC
Filed Aug 17, 2015 as application 14/827,703 · Granted Sep 19, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2026
Clock starts
Nov 15, 2006
Term ends
Nov 15, 2026
Granted
Sep 19, 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 7,942,740, to Nov 15, 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.
4
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 2 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 15, 2006, when application 11/560,083, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 17, 2015)Nov 15, 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 7,942,740)resolves to Nov 15, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no changeMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 15, 2026Medium confidence

This family

US 7,942,740In force
no later than Sep 2029
no later than Sep 2029
US 9,111,411In force
Nov 2026
Nov 2026
US 9,767,640this patent
Nov 2026
Nov 2026
US 10,991,196In force
Nov 2026
Nov 2026
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Sources

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

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