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Systems and Methods for Recycling Consumer Electronic Devices

US 11,436,570 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 8, 2020 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Nov 16, 2035 · High confidence

Held by Ecoatm, LLC
Filed Aug 29, 2019 as application 16/556,104 · Granted Sep 6, 2022
Base term plus 19 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Oct 28, 2015
Term ends
Nov 16, 2035
Granted
Sep 6, 2022
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
19
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 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.
13
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 19 days past its 20-year base term on 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 28, 2015, when application 14/925,357, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 29, 2019)Oct 28, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+19 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 16, 2035High 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 orderNov 16, 2035High confidence

This family

US 10,417,615In force
Dec 2037
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US 10,860,990In force
Oct 2038
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Application 14/967,183Abandoned
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US 11,080,672In force
Dec 2037
Dec 2037
US 11,436,570this patent
Nov 2035
Nov 2035
US 11,315,093In force
Dec 2035
Dec 2035
Application 17/086,357Pending
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US 12,541,745In force
Sep 2036
Sep 2036
8 of 13 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
Aug 29, 2019
Reel 50217, frame 621
Bowles, Mark Vincent; Librizzi, Michael; Ploetner, Jeffrey; Beane, John Andrew; Rosser, EricEcoatm, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 29, 2019
Reel 50235, frame 878
Ecoatm, Inc.Ecoatm, LLCChange of Name
Jan 8, 2020
Reel 51504, frame 383
Ecoatm, LLCJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Agreement

Sources

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

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