Term ended Jul 29, 2024 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 24, 2023
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on May 4, 2026.
Held by Orange S.A.
Filed Nov 13, 2014 as application 14/540,667 · Granted Mar 27, 2018
Base term plus 309 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Jul 29, 2024
2003
2026
Clock starts
Sep 24, 2003
Sep 24, 2003
Term ended
Jul 29, 2024
Jul 29, 2024
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Mar 27, 2018
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
309
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
5
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 309 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 24, 2003, when application PCT/GB2003/004160, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 13, 2014); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 24, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +309 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 29, 2024 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on May 4, 2026, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 29, 2024 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,496,068 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,345,606 | Term ended Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| Application 13/689,576 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,929,952 | this patent Jul 2024 | Jul 2024 |
4 of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 2015 Reel 34743, frame 590 | Chen, Xiaobao | Orange S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Note
The 309 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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