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Detecting Mobile Devices Within a Vehicle Based on Cellular Data Detected Within the Vehicle

US 10,271,265 In force
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Term ends May 8, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Aug 9, 2017 as application 15/673,398 · Granted Apr 23, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
May 8, 2014
Term ends
May 8, 2034
Granted
Apr 23, 2019
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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.
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Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 8, 2014, when application 14/273,505, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 9, 2017)May 8, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 8, 2034High 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
Nov 27, 2017
Reel 44230, frame 848
Breaux, Joseph e, III; Kennedy, Chad A; Lynn, Michael W; Brohn, Jay SObdedge, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 16, 2018
Reel 45953, frame 552
Obdedge, LLCCellcontrol, Inc.Simultaneous Entity Conversion, Domicile Change, and Name Change
Jun 30, 2020
Reel 53089, frame 1
Cellcontrol, Inc.Western Alliance BankAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 8, 2020
Reel 53718, frame 545
Cellcontrol, Inc.Western Alliance BankCorrective Assignment to Correct the the Nature of Conveyance Needs to Be Switched from Assignment to Security Interest Previously Recorded at Reel: 053089 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Oct 14, 2021
Reel 57793, frame 937
Western Alliance BankCellcontrol, Inc. D/B/A Truce Software, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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