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Systems and Methods for Locating a Tracking Device

US 10,469,991 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 28, 2019 (Pinnacle Ventures, L.L.C.).

Term ends Oct 22, 2033 · High confidence

Held by Tile, Inc.
Filed Mar 6, 2019 as application 16/293,655 · Granted Nov 5, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Oct 22, 2013
Term ends
Oct 22, 2033
Granted
Nov 5, 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.
1 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.
14
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 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

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.
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 22, 2013, when application 29/470,567, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 6, 2019)Oct 22, 2033High 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 orderOct 22, 2033High confidence

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US 10,469,991this patent
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8 of 14 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
Mar 6, 2019
Reel 48522, frame 94
Evans, Nicholas George; Farley, Michael GeorgeReveal Labs, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 6, 2019
Reel 48522, frame 256
Reveal Labs, Inc.Tile, Inc.Change of Name
May 28, 2019
Reel 49292, frame 312
Tile, Inc.Pinnacle Ventures, L.L.C., as AgentSecurity Interest
Sep 2, 2021
Reel 57650, frame 820
Silicon Valley BankTile, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Sep 28, 2021
Reel 57633, frame 569
Tile, Inc.Capital IP Investment Partners LLC as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Jan 10, 2022
Reel 58671, frame 383
Capital IP Investment Partners LLCTile, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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