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Systems and Methods for Intelligent Identification and Automated Disposal of Non-Malicious Electronic Communications

US 12,120,147 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Mar 5, 2026 (Hercules Capital, Inc.).

Term ends Oct 14, 2041 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Held by Expel, Inc.
Filed Mar 16, 2024 as application 18/607,463 · Granted Oct 15, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2021 2041
Clock starts
Oct 14, 2021
Term ends
Oct 14, 2041
Granted
Oct 15, 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 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.
8
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 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 14, 2021, when application 17/501,708, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 16, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Oct 14, 2041High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium 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 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 14, 2041Medium confidence

This family

US 11,310,270In force
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US 11,509,689In force
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US 12,107,886In force
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no later than Apr 2042
US 12,120,147this patent
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US 12,771,721In force
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US 12,388,870In force
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US 12,531,903In force
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Application 19/421,364Pending
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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
Mar 19, 2024
Reel 66818, frame 470
Weber, Elisabeth; Hung, JaneExpel, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 5, 2026
Reel 75041, frame 970
Expel, Inc.Hercules Capital, Inc.Intellectual Property Security Agreement

Sources

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

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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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