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Methods and Systems for Facilitating Charging Sessions for Electric Vehicles

US 10,836,274 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 2, 2025 (Western Alliance Bank).

Term ends Jan 13, 2040 · High confidence

Held by Ampup, Inc.
Filed Jan 13, 2020 as application 16/741,712 · Granted Nov 17, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2020 2040
Clock starts
Jan 13, 2020
Term ends
Jan 13, 2040
Granted
Nov 17, 2020
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.
16
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

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 13, 2020, when this application, 16/741,712, was filedJan 13, 2040High 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 orderJan 13, 2040High confidence

This family

US 10,836,274this patent
Jan 2040
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US 10,953,765Lapsed on the fee record
Mar 2025
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US 10,981,464In force
Jan 2040
Jan 2040
US 11,648,846In force
Jul 2040
Jul 2040
Application PCT/US2021/012579PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 11,724,616In force
no later than Jul 2040
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US 11,724,617In force
no later than Apr 2040
no later than Apr 2040
US 11,673,483In force
no later than Jun 2040
no later than Jun 2040
8 of 16 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
Jan 13, 2020
Reel 51501, frame 386
Sun, Thomas Shaofeng; Gavrilovic, Timotej; Nguyen, Thai Vinh LocNad Grid Corp.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 17, 2024
Reel 66803, frame 133
Nad Grid Corp.Ampup, Inc.Change of Name
Jul 2, 2025
Reel 71594, frame 505
Ampup, Inc.Western Alliance BankSecurity Interest

Sources

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