Term ends Mar 19, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 19, 2027
Held by Rave Wireless, Inc.
Filed Oct 24, 2016 as application 15/332,067 · Granted Nov 7, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Mar 19, 2007
Mar 19, 2007
Term ends
Mar 19, 2027
Mar 19, 2027
Granted
Nov 7, 2017
Nov 7, 2017
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,071,643, to Mar 19, 2027. 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.
10
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: 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 19, 2007, when application 11/687,818, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 24, 2016) | Mar 19, 2027 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,071,643) | resolves to Mar 19, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 19, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 11/687,818 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,126,424 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 8,165,562 | In force Mar 2029 | Mar 2029 |
| US 9,071,643 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 9,277,389 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 9,503,876 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 9,813,885 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 10,182,332 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2017 Reel 41371, frame 136 | Saito, Ghen; Desai, Rodger; Rishi, Raju | Rave Wireless, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 27, 2018 Reel 46219, frame 580 | Rave Intermediate Holdings, Inc.; Rave Wireless, Inc. | Pnc Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
| Apr 23, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Rave Wireless, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 23, 2019 reel/frame not recorded | Pnc Bank, National Association | Swiftreach Networks, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Apr 23, 2019 Reel 48975, frame 921 | Pnc Bank, National Association | Rave Wireless, Inc.; Swiftreach Networks, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| May 7, 2019 Reel 49109, frame 370 | Rave Wireless, Inc.; Swiftreach Networks, LLC | Antares Capital LP, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 16, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Antares Capital LP, as Collateral Agent | Rave Wireless, Inc. | Notice of Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Dec 16, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Antares Capital LP, as Collateral Agent | Swiftreach Networks, LLC | Notice of Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
| Dec 16, 2022 Reel 62141, frame 22 | Antares Capital LP, as Collateral Agent | Rave Wireless, Inc.; Swiftreach Networks, LLC | Notice of Release of Security Interest in Patent Collateral |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2027
Term ends Mar 19, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,071,643, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
70
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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.