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Location Alert System Using Vehicle Identifiers and Transaction Parameters

US 11,972,447 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 15, 2026 (Fidus Investment Corporation).

Term ends Oct 25, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Dec 6, 2021 as application 17/543,364 · Granted Apr 30, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Oct 25, 2011
Term ends
Oct 25, 2031
Granted
Apr 30, 2024
base term 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.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
5
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. 0 of 1 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 25, 2011, when application 13/281,355, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 6, 2021)Oct 25, 2031High 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 events0 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 25, 2031High confidence

This family

Application 13/281,355Abandoned
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Application 14/263,894Abandoned
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US 11,195,192In force
Oct 2031
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US 11,972,447this patent
Oct 2031
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US 12,505,460In force
Oct 2031
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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
Apr 3, 2023
Reel 63211, frame 479
Autoalert, LLCAcquiom Agency Services LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Apr 4, 2023
Reel 63217, frame 887
Autoalert, LLCAcquiom Agency Services LLC, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 12, 2023
Reel 65847, frame 371
Warner, Boyd Hodgson; Cotton, Jeffrey StuartAutoalert, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 12, 2023
Reel 66144, frame 55
Autoalert, Inc.Autoalert, LLCConversion
Nov 19, 2024
Reel 69408, frame 766
Autoalert, LLCWestern Alliance BankSecurity Agreement
Apr 9, 2026
Reel 74325, frame 839
Acquiom Agency Services LLCAutoalert, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Apr 9, 2026
Reel 75458, frame 102
Western Alliance BankAutoalert, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Apr 15, 2026
Reel 74369, frame 275
Purecars Technologies, LLC; Trupayments LLC; Autoalert, LLCFidus Investment CorporationSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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