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Method of Forming an Apparatus Used for Reducing Electromagnetic Interference

US 8,104,165 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 19, 2019 (JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Dec 13, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Mar 2, 2004 as application 10/791,084 · Granted Jan 31, 2012
Base term plus 1016 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2004 2026
Clock starts
Mar 2, 2004
Term ends
Dec 13, 2026
Granted
Jan 31, 2012
base term patent term adjustment fee events 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
1,016
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
2
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This patent's term runs 1016 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 2, 2004, when this application, 10/791,084, was filedMar 2, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1016 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 13, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 13, 2026High confidence

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US 8,347,486Term ended
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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
Mar 2, 2004
Reel 15040, frame 714
Steigerwald, Todd W.; Mayfield, JerryMotion Computing Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 13, 2012
Reel 28040, frame 449
Motion Computing, Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Agreement
Apr 1, 2015
Reel 35312, frame 426
Silicon Valley BankMotion Computing, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 17, 2017
Reel 43212, frame 430
Xplore Technologies Corp.Bank Of America, N.a.Security Agreement
Aug 1, 2018
Reel 46698, frame 795
Motion Computing Inc.Xplore Technologies Corporation of AmericaTransfer Statement
Sep 6, 2018
Reel 47029, frame 494
Bank Of America, N.a.Xplore Technologies Corp.; Xplore Technologies Corporation of AmericaRelease of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 043212/0430
Sep 6, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Xplore Technologies Corp.Release of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 043212/0430
Sep 6, 2018
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Xplore Technologies Corporation of AmericaRelease of Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 043212/0430
Oct 12, 2018
Reel 47148, frame 495
Xplore Technologies Corporation of AmericaJPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jul 10, 2019
Reel 49713, frame 206
Xplore Technologies Corporation of AmericaZebra Technologies CorporationMerger
Sep 19, 2019
Reel 50427, frame 248
Zebra Technologies CorporationJP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentNotice of Transfer of Security Interest in Patents
Sep 1, 2020
Reel 53841, frame 212
Zebra Technologies Corporation; Laser Band, LLC; Temptime CorporationJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest
Mar 5, 2021
Reel 56036, frame 590
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Zebra Technologies Corporation; Laser Band, LLC; Temptime CorporationRelease of Security Interest - 364 - Day
Mar 5, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Zebra Technologies CorporationRelease of Security Interest - 364 - Day
Mar 5, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Laser Band, LLCRelease of Security Interest - 364 - Day
Mar 5, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Temptime CorporationRelease of Security Interest - 364 - Day

Sources

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