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User Interface Control of Responsive Devices

US 11,543,887 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 15, 2023 (Verisfi I, LLC).

Term ends Aug 5, 2038 · High confidence

Filed Jul 22, 2020 as application 16/935,816 · Granted Jan 3, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2018 2038
Clock starts
Aug 5, 2018
Term ends
Aug 5, 2038
Granted
Jan 3, 2023
base term 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
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.
11
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 Aug 5, 2018, when application 16/055,123, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 22, 2020)Aug 5, 2038High 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 orderAug 5, 2038High confidence

This family

US 10,802,598In force
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Application 16/055,991Abandoned
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US 10,627,914In force
Aug 2038
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US 10,671,174In force
Aug 2038
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US 11,099,647In force
Aug 2038
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Application PCT/US2019/042107PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 11,543,887this patent
Aug 2038
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US 11,474,604In force
Aug 2038
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8 of 11 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
Jul 31, 2020
Reel 53368, frame 117
Ang, Dexter W.; Cipoletta, David O; Karnes, Samuel J.; Kowalczyk, Michael P.; Patel, Salil H.; Trambert, Steven D.Pison Technology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 15, 2023
Reel 64593, frame 223
Pison Technology, Inc.Verisfi I, LLCSecurity Interest
Dec 19, 2025
Reel 73278, frame 507
Versifi I, LLCPison Technology, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jan 5, 2026
Reel 74199, frame 323
Pison Technology, Inc.Schoeller Invest GmbHSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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