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Communication Generation for Target Leads

US 12,062,075 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 15, 2026 (Fidus Investment Corporation).

Term ends Mar 15, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Jul 22, 2021 as application 17/383,212 · Granted Aug 13, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2013
Term ends
Mar 15, 2033
Granted
Aug 13, 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.
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Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
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Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 15, 2013, when applications 13/842,963 and 13/843,592, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Jul 22, 2021)Mar 15, 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 events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 15, 2033High confidence

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Application 13/842,963Abandoned
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Application 13/843,592Abandoned
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Application 14/152,932Abandoned
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Application 14/152,949Abandoned
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Application 14/205,214Abandoned
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Application 15/389,341Abandoned
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US 12,062,075this patent
Mar 2033
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Application 18/801,591Pending
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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 3, 2024
Reel 66011, frame 615
Cotton, Jeffrey Stuart; Warner, Boyd Hodgson; Roach, James Arthur; Zhuravchak, LevkoAutoalert, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 3, 2024
Reel 66190, frame 11
Autoalert, Inc.Autoalert, LLCConversion
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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