Lapsed Jan 30, 2022 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 22, 2024
Lapsed Jan 30, 2022 · first maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Filed Aug 16, 2016 · Granted Jan 30, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jan 30, 2022
2004
2026
Clock starts
Nov 22, 2004
Nov 22, 2004
No longer in force
Jan 30, 2022
Jan 30, 2022
Granted
Jan 30, 2018
Jan 30, 2018
Term would have run to
Nov 22, 2024
Nov 22, 2024
base term
after the term ends
Updated Nov 1, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 1, 2026 and grant & fee data published Oct 27, 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 8,954,738, US 9,438,608, to Nov 22, 2024. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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.
7
Applications in this family
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain.
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
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 Nov 22, 2004 | Nov 22, 2024 | 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 8,954,738, US 9,438,608) | resolves to Nov 22, 2024, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jan 30, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 30, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,112,985 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 8,954,738 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| US 9,438,608 | Lapsed (fee unpaid) Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 9,881,150 | this patent Jan 2022 | Jan 2022 |
| US 10,482,238 | Expired (term) Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 11,126,710 | Expired (term) Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
6 of 7 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2017 Reel 43814, frame 274 | Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L. | Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A R.L. | Change of Name |
| Aug 22, 2018 Reel 46897, frame 1 | Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A R.L. | Cppib Credit Investments, Inc. | Amended and Restated U.S. Patent Security Agreement (for Non-U.S. Grantors) |
| Mar 10, 2021 Reel 55547, frame 618 | Cppib Credit Investments Inc. | Conversant Wireless Licensing S.A R.L. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. USPTO does not publish a per-patent fee page, so there is nothing to link to.
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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,954,738, US 9,438,608, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: base rule, PTA, PTE, disclaimer caps, fee overlay, 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.