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Multiple Sign Bit Hiding Within a Transform Unit

US 9,900,622 In force
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Term ends Oct 12, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Apr 9, 2015 as application 14/682,462 · Granted Feb 20, 2018
Base term plus 266 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Jan 20, 2012
Term ends
Oct 12, 2032
Granted
Feb 20, 2018
base term patent term adjustment 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
266
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
7
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 266 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Jan 20, 2012, when application 13/354,465, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 9, 2015)Jan 20, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+266 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 12, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 12, 2032High confidence

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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
Apr 9, 2015
Reel 35370, frame 250
Wang, Jing; Yu, Xiang; He, DakeSlipstream Data Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 9, 2015
Reel 35370, frame 322
Slipstream Data Inc.Research in Motion LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 15, 2016
Reel 38087, frame 963
Research in Motion LimitedBlackBerry LimitedChange of Name
Nov 16, 2018
Reel 47525, frame 606
BlackBerry LimitedVelos Media, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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