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Physical Path Determination for Virtual Network Packet Flows

US 9,898,317 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Mar 15, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Dec 5, 2014 as application 14/406,107 · Granted Feb 20, 2018
Base term plus 198 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2013
Term ends
Mar 15, 2033
Granted
Feb 20, 2018
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
198
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,755,377.
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.
11
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 runs 198 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Mar 15, 2013, when applications 13/835,017, 13/840,657, 13/840,902, 13/841,736, 13/843,241, 13/843,365 and 13/843,500, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Dec 5, 2014)Mar 15, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+198 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 29, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,755,377)capped to Mar 15, 2033High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 15, 2033High confidence

This family

US 8,953,441In force
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US 9,374,270In force
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US 8,755,377In force
Mar 2033
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US 8,750,288In force
Mar 2033
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US 9,094,308In force
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US 9,710,762In force
Apr 2034
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Application PCT/US2013/044378PCT application
no patent term
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8 of 11 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 6, 2026
Reel 75513, frame 34
Juniper Networks, Inc.Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPNunc Pro Tunc Assignment

Sources

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

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